GALERIE LAURENT GODIN - Gonzalo Lebrija

Riding on a BMW motorcycle, Gonzalo Lebrija undertook a journey along the Peninsula Baja California. The choice of the vehicule for this action art is not free: the model in the series R75/5 has an accessory that Lebrija used as a working tool. Indeed, the two chrome plates on Riding on a BMW motorcycle, Gonzalo Lebrija undertook a journey along the Peninsula Baja California. The choice of the vehicule for this action art is not free: the model in the series R75/5 has an accessory that Lebrija used as a working tool. Indeed, the two chrome plates on the sides of its gas tank - which has given to the vehicle the nickname of toaster - is used by Lebrija as a mirror reflecting the landscapes that he re-treats with a camera along his journey. The result is a collection of 66 photographs that translate, as a chronicle of travel, the vicissitudes of Lebrija through the Bajacaliforniano territory.

			Gonzalo Lebrija, R75/5 Toaster Texte : Carlos Ashida & Baudelio Lara Onestar press/Galerie Laurent Godin, 2008, Paris - 30 x 21 cm - 144 pages 800 ex. - 30 EUR

C’est sur une moto BMW que Gonzalo Lebrija a traversé la péninsule mexicaine de Basse Californie. Il n’a pas choisi son engin au hasard : ce modèle de la série R75/5 possède un accessoire que l’artiste a utilisé comme instrument de travail. Les deux flancs de réservoir chromés, d’où cette BMW tire son surnom de Toaster (grille-pain), ont servi de miroirs réfléchissant les paysages que Lebrija a réinterprétés avec son appareil photo au cours de sa longue randonnée. Soixante-six photographies relatent à la manière d'un carnet de voyage les tribulations de Lebrija de San Diego à Mexico City.	Riding on a BMW motorcycle, Gonzalo Lebrija undertook a journey along the Peninsula Baja California. The choice of the vehicule for this action art is not free: the model in the series R75/5 has an accessory that Lebrija used as a working tool. Indeed, the two chrome plates on Riding on a BMW motorcycle, Gonzalo Lebrija undertook a journey along the Peninsula Baja California. The choice of the vehicule for this action art is not free: the model in the series R75/5 has an accessory that Lebrija used as a working tool. Indeed, the two chrome plates on the sides of its gas tank - which has given to the vehicle the nickname of toaster - is used by Lebrija as a mirror reflecting the landscapes that he re-treats with a camera along his journey. The result is a collection of 66 photographs that translate, as a chronicle of travel, the vicissitudes of Lebrija through the Bajacaliforniano territory.