SEPARATA
Date: June 21 - October 14 2012

In January 1979, during Spain's transition to democracy, Separata, a gazette of literature, art and thought was born in Seville. It was of a multidisciplinary nature and had no previous ideological or aesthetic intentions. Its only aspirations were the return to a unified culture and its only principle was a high standard of quality. The original idea was to go more deeply into the cultural phenomenon, looking for historical references through essays on the works of philosophy, architecture, literature, music and art of prestigious professionals and artists, both national and international.

The gazette was directed by poet and literature teacher Jacobo Cortines. Some of its writers were Vicente Lleó and Diego Romero de Solís, art history and philosophy teachers respectively. Also, plastic artists and architects Gerardo Delgado, José Ramón Sierra and Juan Suárez wrote for the gazette, as well as architect Roberto Luna, who was the designer. They all made very valuable contributions in their respective fields.

While it had a simple appearance - José Ramón Sierra designed the paste up and the dustcovers and Roberto Luna and Juan Suárez did the graphic design - the gazette included theoretical texts, poetry and unseen drawings of contemporary artists. Among its literary collaborators we find Alberto González Troyano, Rosa Chacel, Andrés Trapiello, Luis Antonio de Villena, Félix de Azúa, Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, Quico Rivas, Juan Manuel Bonet, Víctor Gómez Pin, Luis Alberto de Cuenca and Kevin Power. Their works were published next to drawings or essays on art and architecture penned by Víctor Pérez Escolano, Alvaro Siza, Rafael Moneo, Robert Motherwell, Fernando Zóbel, Manuel Millares, J.P. Viladecans, Carmen Laffón, Ignacio Tovar, J.Mª Bermejo, Elena Asins, Eva Lootz, Soledad Sevilla, Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Equipo 57 and Luis Gordillo, just to name a few.

Over the course of six issues until its last publication in 1981, Separata pinpointed the highlights of the Spanish cultural scene and introduced the '80s.

This exhibition shows a selection of the extensive archives of Separata which were recently donated to the CAAC museum and which will soon be part of its art collection.

 

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