This exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando showcases a selection of works by photographer Ricard Terré from the Academy's collection. It also includes bibliographic and hemerographic material from the Pedro Melero / Marisa Llorente collection, offering a comprehensive view of Terré's reflective artistic practice. The exhibition has been extended until December 14, 2025.
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando presents "La mirada reflexiva de Ricard Terré," an exhibition focusing on the oeuvre of photographer Ricard Terré (1928-2009). The display includes a curated selection of his photographs from the Academy's own holdings, alongside important bibliographic and hemerographic materials drawn from the Pedro Melero / Marisa Llorente collection. Terré is presented as a distinct voice among his contemporaries, marked by a deep commitment to deciphering reality and exploring its more obscure dimensions. His artistic output, though focused on themes such as death, ritual, and religion, achieves a sense of timelessness through a sensitive and unadorned photographic style, always attentive to the enduring essence of existence.
Born into a cultured family with ties to literature, arts, jazz, and robust sports, Terré was also a painter and caricaturist in his youth. His primary engagement with photography spanned from 1955 to 1970, with a later return to the medium in 1982. Described as a reflective, honest, and profoundly humane individual, he understood reality as something deeper than mere appearance, a mirror to our own perception. His personal immersion into the depths of reality eschewed artifice and conventional beauty, focusing instead on the intrinsic nature of things. Terré maintained a stance as a vocational outsider, deliberately distant from bureaucratic and official circles, indifferent to vanity. His photographic work, characterized by respect, indulgence, and a deeply personal vision, reflects a man of principles who recognized the societal illness of forgetting tolerance and mercy. The exhibition has been extended and will now run until December 14, 2025.