{"product_id":"bravo","title":"Bravo","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBravo\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/feliperomerobeltran.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFelipe Romero Beltrán\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLoose Joints \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e168 pages, 240 × 295 mm, 61 colour plates\u003cbr\u003eSection-sewn debossed hardcover with tip-on\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWith texts by Victoria del Val, Dominick Bermúdez, Alejandra Aragon, Albert Corbí\u003cbr\u003eCo-published by Loose Joints in English and by the Fundacíon MAPFRE in Spanish\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by Loose Joints Studio\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLJ206, February 2025\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-912719-46-4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom Loose Joints: Identity and geography intersect in Romero Beltrán's conceptual poetics of suspended time and human resilience on the US-Mexico border.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBravo\u003c\/i\u003e situates itself in the liminal space of the Rio Bravo, a site of perpetual tension and migration where identity and geography intersect. Focusing on a 270-kilometre stretch of the river, Romero Beltrán’s \u003ci\u003eBravo \u003c\/i\u003econstructs an elusive visual narrative where the river itself becomes a silent protagonist, shaping the lives of those who approach it but rarely appearing in the frame. Through stark portraits, austere interiors, and scarred landscapes, Bravo captures the suspended time of migration as his subjects wait, sometimes for years, in the shadow of an uncertain crossing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRomero Beltrán's signature style is precise in the pursuit of a political reality, where meticulously produced portraiture both reveals and conceals the resilience, exhaustion and hope of the migrant experience, alongside the muted delicacy of Romero Beltrán's interiors, where a speaker, a mattress, a red-painted table become loaded with symbolic weight. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDivided into three chapters—\u003ci\u003eEndings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBodies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBreaches\u003c\/i\u003e—Romero Beltrán’s inscrutable documentary approach challenges the semiotics of classification, enclosure, definition, and identification in his visual aesthetics that mirror the suppressed and controlled notions of identity at the border. Also included within \u003ci\u003eBravo\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eEl Cruce\u003c\/i\u003e, an audiovisual work that underscores the river’s dual role as a life source and militarized boundary through scenes of baptism, fishing, and migrant stories. With accompanying texts by Salvadoran migrant Dominick Bermúdez, thinker Albert Corbí, and artist Alejandra Aragón, as well as an interview with the artist, \u003ci\u003eBravo\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent and poetic meditation on a border defined by contradictions—where hope, despair, movement, and stillness converge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loose Joints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45505640366137,"sku":"1-0110","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/Bravo_RealmBooks_02A8807.jpg?v=1771998136","url":"https:\/\/www.realmbooks.co\/products\/bravo","provider":"Realm Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}