Àlex Mitrani curator of the exhibition "L’ALTRE JO. De la màscara al selfie: figures i retrats al Museu Abelló” (“THE OTHER SELF. From the mask to the selfie: figures and portraits at Museu Abelló)

Àlex Mitrani curator of the exhibition "L’ALTRE JO de la màscara al selfie: figures i retrats al Museu Abelló" (“THE OTHER SELF. From the mask to the selfie: figures and portraits at Museu Abelló), that may be seen between December 10th, 2015 and May 8th, 2016 at Museu Abelló in Mollet del Vallès.

"We are in the selfie society, surrounded by portraits and self-portraits." The saying goes: The face is the mirror of the soul ", and now it seems as if this mirror of ours, is that of Narcissus, the complacency and the individualism. The portrait genre, is abundant in the collection at Abelló, allowing us to reflect on the aspirations of humanity whilst figuring itself. The beauty, admiration and introspection are three main objectives of the portrait and the human representation. It is revealed that under self appearances, there are always deeply, another self. "