After an initial stage in which Pepe Calvo focused on black and white analog photography, his artistic practice in recent decades is inscribed in the tradition of photocollage. The artist's process consists of borrowing already existing images from all kinds of magazines and publications to compose collages that the artist scans again to obtain the final photographic copy. Some of his references are black and white cinema—as in the case of this work belonging to his series The Hidden—, surrealism, interior spaces and pop, mixing images that come from popular culture with others from high culture, thus eliminating hierarchies. These are images often open to interpretations, stylized and enigmatic, that offer multiple readings.
"Moving forward, Looking back" [Avanzando, mirando atrás]. Alicante, MACA, from June 16 to September 24, 2023.
"Inhabiting the Shadows". Valencia, IVAM, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, from September 25, 2025 to January 18, 2026.
Artist
Pepe Calvo
Alicante, Spain ,
1957
After an initial stage in which Pepe Calvo focused on black and white analog photography, his artistic practice in recent decades is inscribed in the tradition of photocollage. The artist's process consists of borrowing already existing images from a...
Untitled. From the series Interior within Interior
Pepe Calvo
Collection Michael Jenkins and Javier Romero
After an initial stage in which Pepe Calvo focused on black and white analog photography, his artistic practice in recent decades is inscribed in the tradition of photocollage. The artist's process consists of borrowing already existing images fro...