Solana y Romero de Torres. Una historia del arte español en negro exhibition catalog
Catalog for Solana y Romero de Torres. Una historia del arte español en negro, an exhibition organized by Fundación Unicaja and shown earlier this year at Centro Cultural Fundación Unicaja de Málaga.
The catalog introduces us to the black Spain painted by Julio Romero de Torres and José Gutiérrez Solana, where light suits, religiosity, Cordovan women, lights and shadows are abound.
The common thread of this work is based on the color black and its shadows, which creates subtle contrasts. So for the catalog cover we used an intense black rustic paper, and rather than ink we used high pressure to emboss the title, capturing the concept of the exhibition; the “black Spain”.
Throughout the catalog we play with light and shadow, white space, color and typography, trapping the light on a super white heavy weight paper, adding intensity to the relation between the artists artwork and the texts.
The Bodoni typeface gives a touch of seriousness and probably even a historical feel in details such as credits and intros, while Graphik with its rounded body and modernist style creates solid blocks of text. Finally, Druk lends its visual weight to titles, clearly marking the editorial design.
