Frank Horvat and Catalonia
From the moment I decided to ask Frank Horvat to make this collection of photographs, the request embodied an implicit objective: to persuade him to put together a show about how he sees Catalonia as it is today. Almost immediately he came up with the title Homage to Catalonia, in allusion to George Orwell, and I had no hesitation in accepting it.
Frank Horvat’s suggestion tied in a perfectly with my own way of perceiving and engaging with the roots of my culture, but it was also very much in keeping with the principal purpose of the Fundació: that of making know (fent país, as we say in Catalan) and paying tribute to the country we...