R75/5 Toaster

<p>Riding on a BMW motorcycle, Gonzalo Lebrija undertook a journey along the Peninsula Baja California. The choice of the vehicle for this action art is not free: the model in the series <em>R75/5</em> has an accessory that Lebrija used as a working tool. Indeed, the two chrome plates on the sides of its gas tank—which has given to the vehicle the nickname of toaster—is used by Lebrija as a mirror reflecting the landscapes that he re-treats with a camera along his journey. The result is a collection of 66 photographs that translate, as a chronicle of travel, the vicissitudes of Lebrija through the Bajacaliforniano territory. The works of Gonzalo Lebrija always have a strong nature of stage performance. His photographs record actions where there are doses of courage and sense of epic. The solitary journey in the desert, camping opencast, evokes the screenplay of a film in which the protagonist is undertaking an adventure, male and tragic, following an impetus and imprecise boost, which is confronted to nature and quest for oneself. However, the sober and elegantly formal handling of Lebrija conceals the strong emotional charge of his work…</p>