* Madrid’s “OCULTOS”

Madrid offers a wide range of exhibitions, most of them revealing the new angles of photographic art. “Ocultos” is a good example of that: a photography exhibition dedicated to the back part of our body.
The “Fundación Canal” opens its doors from the 3rd October to the 6th January, with no admission fee, to any curious eye who wants to see the work of 67 celebrated photographers, exploring human bottoms in all shapes and sizes. The idea, as organisers say, is to show “the multiple artistic possibilities of the human body seen from behind". The photographers have portrayed in their works the part of the body that isn’t so common to be seen in the artistic field. We can appreciate through four small rooms various appealing pictures that proof that capturing a face isn’t everything in photography. The collection includes important names in the photographic world, such as Cartier-Bresson, Mapplethorpe, Man Ray, Lucien Clergue and the spaniards Joan Colom, Rafael Navarro, Ramón Masats, Isabel Muñoz, among others.
The name of the exhibition was inspired by the legendary private studies where art collectors secretly stored their “hottest” works.
A suggestion for those who enjoy appreciating different art works from the beginning of the XXth century until today, in a cosy gallery in the centre of Madrid.