EXHIBITION. Regreso al Edén, by Paco Roca

The La Nau Cultural Center of the University of Valencia has inaugurated on February 1st ‘Regreso al Edén de Paco Roca. A trip to post-war Valencia, an exhibition that addresses different aspects of the city and daily life during the difficult years of the first Franco regime. A few forgotten years that had an enormous influence on Valencia today. Paco Roca tells the story of his mother, Antonia, and through her eyes he dissects with her pencil a society that survives under the new regime imposed after the war. The sample is an opportunity to know those years.

The exhibition, curated by José Mª Azkárraga, takes place throughout the Sala Estudi General and includes, distributed in different thematic areas, the artist’s drawings, accompanied by press, books, photographs, documents, objects and footage from those years. All these materials, taken together, constitute an excellent means of accessing this past. The exhibition is the result of the commitment of the University and the Valencia Provincial Council with historical memory.