Santiago Santos Examines Nature Before Landscape at Casa de las Conchas
Photographer Santiago Santos (b. 1964, Salamanca) presents "Antes del paisaje" at Casa de las Conchas in Salamanca, curated by Yadira de Armas Rodríguez and Ana Gabriela Ballate Benavides. The exhibition runs until August 31, 2026. Santos' work interrogates the concept of landscape as a cultural construct, arguing that nature precedes and resists full transformation into landscape. His photographs capture barriers—walls, edges, borders—where representation fails, emphasizing the limits of photography. The curatorial text describes his practice as an ethical act of serious, patient observation. The show features a body of work developed over his career, exploring memory, time, and the human-nature relationship.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Antes del paisaje' by Santiago Santos at Casa de las Conchas, Salamanca
- Curated by Yadira de Armas Rodríguez and Ana Gabriela Ballate Benavides
- Runs until August 31, 2026
- Santos was born in Salamanca in 1964
- Exhibition explores nature as preceding cultural construction of landscape
- Photographs focus on barriers like walls and edges where representation ends
- The work questions memory, time, and limits of photographic representation
- Curatorial text frames the practice as an ethical act of attentive observation
Entities
Artists
- Santiago Santos
Institutions
- Casa de las Conchas
Locations
- Salamanca
- Spain