Els rostres de l’odi

Photographic exhibition by Jordi Borràs on the current far right in Europe, based on his book Tots els colors del negre, in the Oliva Artés space of the Museu d'Història de Barcelona.

Els rostres de l'odi is based on a book by photojournalist Jordi Borràs, Tots els colors del negre, which focuses on the far right in Europe in the twenty-first century. Both projects run in parallel and address one and the same question: how the hatred that runs through much of the continent is expressed and organised, with an ideological framework that has reached the parliaments of several countries.

The photographs cover very different political movements, from the populist radical right in France and Germany to the ultra-conservatives in Poland and Hungary. The exhibition shows a far right that has shed the stigma of the interwar fascisms, yet shares intolerant rhetoric with neo-fascist fringe groups that stir up the streets with violence and coexist with the parliamentary right. The two worlds feed off each other: some set the political agenda, while others try to carry those messages into the institutions.

The work stems from a desire to document these movements in Catalunya too, and the author has embarked on a long journey across Europe that is still ongoing. The exhibition raises fundamental questions: why the far right is growing, who makes up its ranks, what it shares with the fascisms of the last century and how it can be countered. It is well suited to anyone who wants to understand the phenomenon through documentary photography.