Xavier Ribas
photographer
Xavier Ribas is a Spanish photographer and academic who lives and works between Barcelona and Brighton, England. He studied Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona (graduating in 1990) and Documentary Photography at the Newport School of Art, Media and Design in Great Britain (graduating in 1993). His photographic work investigates contested sites, histories, memories, urban transformations, peripheral landscapes, and the legacies of industrial extraction. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Brighton and a visiting lecturer at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. His works are held in major collections including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (FNAC) in France, and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC).[1,2,3]
- urban transformation
- industrial extraction
- peripheral landscapes
- memory
- public space
Books
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Works by Xavier Ribas
- 1998 Xavier Ribas The book for which the record is being compiled.
- Sin título (Campo de fútbol). Serie: "Domingos" Work held at MACBA.
- 2008 Habitus Work held at MACBA.
Exhibitions
- 2014 Nitrat