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Item: Pamplona-Grazalema. From the public square to the bullring

Antoni Muntadas

1980

Book, 21 x 13.5 cm.
Materials: ink, paper

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp..

Pamplona-Grazalema. From the public square to the bullring is introspection inside the bullfight and the events and effects arround it in Spain made by Antoni Muntadas in collaboration with Gines Serran-Pagan. This work was made between 1975 and 1979 and it combines visual arts and social science. It is not only an art project, it is an anthropological study and an important investigation close to the spanish ritual of the bullfighting tradition. Around four chapters, the book displays this events in all their differents variants, using the example of two places: Grazalema and Pamplona. They represents the two sides of the same coin, on one hand, Grazalema preserve the tradicional way and, on the other hand, the popular festival turns into a commercial show in Pamplona. Nevertheless, this fiesta embedded in the popular culture reflects an specific kind of political, economic, religious and social built organizations.

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