After winning the second prize at the Revela-T festival, Bárbara Traver, the author of ", te quiere, mamá," exhibits at the MASC gallery in Vienna.
After receiving the EFTI scholarship at the Seminar of Photography and Journalism in Albarracín, Bárbara Traver had the opportunity to develop her project ", te quiere, mamá." Since its presentation in 2019, this project has continued to garner success, winning awards such as The Photography Society in the UK and the Revela-T Festival in Spain.
Furthermore, her work has been exhibited in prominent venues worldwide, including The Royal Photographic Society in the Arts in Bristol (UK), CC Pati Llimona in Barcelona, the VII Festival de PhotoAlicante, and We Are Photo in Huelva. In 2021, Bárbara Traver released her mock-up and was a finalist in several competitions, such as the Athens Photo Festival, Fiebre Photobook Dummy in Spain, Star Photobook Dummy Award, and Encontros da Imagem in Portugal.
Now, this exceptional project comes to Vienna as part of the Rotlicht Festival. The festival's opening is scheduled for November 17, where artists, including Bárbara Traver, will present their photographic works.
The next day, on November 18, the MASC gallery will open its doors at 7:30 PM to showcase ", te quiere, mamá" to the public. The exhibition will be available for visitors until November 26.
", te quiere, mamá" is a project that explores the relationships between mothers and daughters through different stories and perspectives, inspired by the poignant stories that Vivian Gornick shares in her book "Fierce Attachments." Like Gornick, this project aims to explore the complex emotions that arise in these relationships, including closeness, dependence, love, frustration, and pain. Through this exploration, I seek to offer a deeper and more compassionate look at these relationships and promote greater understanding and empathy for mothers and daughters worldwide.
In the words of Esther González Gea, an art historian and researcher at the University of Valencia: "Bárbara Traver seeks the key to the dichotomy of instilling her daughter with her own values and granting the necessary independence for the creation of the woman she must become. Between love and the pain of reconciling the mother-daughter relationship, the artist embarks on the creation of intimate portraits of both, where the longing to break the bond with the maternal womb shows, at the same time, the primordial connection to which we are all subjected."