MIGUEL SOLER-ROIG: NOSTALGIC MEMORY OF MY LIFE BEFORE BIRTH
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Opening March 6th, 2026 |
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Miguel Soler-Roig Gloria Swanson Behind Lace, 2026 Black and white photographic print 19 3/4 x 15 3/4in |
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Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to invite you to "Nostalgic Memory of my Life Before Birth", a solo exhibition by artist Miguel Soler-Roig with an opening reception Friday, March 6th, 2026 from 6pm to 8:30pm.
This exhibition is part of an ongoing project based on historical biographical events that the artist has mixed to generate several photographic stories. Halfway between reality and fiction, they materialized in black and white photographs, in which various characters from another era are represented. |
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Miguel Soler-Roig Salvador Dalí in Venice, 2015 Black and white photographic print 19 3/4 x 15 3/4in
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The result is a personal tree of connections in the world of art, literature, fashion and high society that extends through the 20th century for several generations. The work is a reinterpretation of a period lived by his grandfather, Dr. Soler-Roig (1902-1999), who established multiple relationships with patients, colleagues, friends, and family — a network of connections that allowed the artist to delve into his world and create a series of experiences that bring about unprecedented perspectives.
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"Through these images I recreate invisible stories: moments, experiences, memories of a past time that allow me to reopen the scars of experiences that only its protagonists lived…" |
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Miguel Soler-Roig 14 Ernest ok NIV, 2026 Black and white photographic print 19 3/4 x 15 3/4in |
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In "Nostalgic memory of my life before birth", Soler-Roig revives the radiance of a bygone era by unearthing nostalgic memories and bringing them into the present, where light and shadow are refracted through the ever-changing lens of human connection. Each portrait becomes a dialogue between past and present, figure and context—reinterpreting iconic 20th-century artists and notable personalities through new emotional dimensions. The viewer is invited to become an accomplice in this journey into the past: if our memories could fully recover all we have lived, nostalgia would be unnecessary.
Miguel Soler-Roig |