Saura x Saura — Carlos Saura

More than a retrospective, Saura x Saura is an intimate fraternal dialogue — a visual conversation between filmmaker Carlos Saura and his brother, the painter Antonio Saura. Published in 2005, the book moves between photography and memory, assembling Carlos’s photographic tributes and responses to Antonio’s fierce, gestural painting. These are not merely portraits or documentation, but acts of looking — still images charged with emotional attention and formal precision. Carlos’s camera, usually reserved for staging Spanish cinema’s psychological tensions, here turns quietly toward his brother’s canvases, exploring texture, absence, and the abstracted body with a photographer’s intimacy and a sibling’s intuition. This copy is especially rare: signed by Carlos Saura with a hand-drawn nude and dedication, transforming the book into a one-off work. The result is not a monograph, nor a memoir, but a cross-medium act of devotion — from one Saura to another.

Technical Sheet
Title: Saura x Saura
Artist / Author: Carlos Saura
Date: 2005
Technique / Printing Method: Offset
Medium / Materials: Hardcover with dust jacket
Dimensions (cm): approx. 21 × 24
Language: Spanish
Pages: 215
Publisher / Editor: La Fábrica / Fundación Antonio Saura / Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Condition: New