The “last exile” as a metaphor for national reconciliation in the Spanish Transition: Synoptic images of Guernica-Legado Picasso
Abstract
Considering the iconographic interpretation of a selection of photographs representative of the inauguration of the Guernica-Legado Picasso exhibition, published to show the high security measures with which Guernica was exhibited for the first time in Spain in 1981, the text questions the scope and validity of the metaphor of the “last exile” as a media slogan for national reconciliation. With an interdisciplinary approach, this study concludes that the press assumed a supererogatory position with respect to the documented facts, while the images would propose an alternative vision to the “consensus culture” that prevailed in the Transition, reinforcing its bellicose and religious symbolism.
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