Javier Panera

Javier Panera Cuevas is Professor of Audio-Visual Culture and Latest Artistic Trends at the University of Salamanca. He has been Director of DA2, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Salamanca (2004-2011) and of the Festival Internacional de Fotografía y Artes Visuales de Castilla y León, Explorafoto (2006-2011). Furthermore, he has acted as curator for over one hundred one-man/woman exhibitions devoted to contemporary artists, both from Spain and abroad, such as Albert Oehlen, Judith Barry, Tony Oursler, Franz Ackerman, Fernando Sinaga, Kendell Geers, Roland Fischer, Concha Jerez, Félix Curto, Tania Bruguera and Marc Bijl, as well as for the group shows Barrocos y neobarrocos. El infierno de lo bello (2005), Mascarada (2006), Video Killed the Radio Star. Una historia del videoclip (with Diego Manrique, 2006), Rock My Religion (2008), and Merrie Melodies (y otras trece maneras de entender el dibujo) (2010). Panera is a regular contributor to specialised magazines including Flash Art International, Art Pulse and art.es, and has written, among other books, Emociones formales. Reflexiones sobre el inconsciente pictórico en la fotografía y la imagen en movimiento (2005), Música para tus ojos. Artes visuales y estética del videoclip. Una historia de intercambios (2009) and Video Killed the Painting Star – Pintura e imagen en movimiento (2010). He is currently directing the ‘Plataforma. Artes visuales y puesta en escena en la era digital’ research project.

4 April 2017