Carlos Pazos

Carlos Pazos (born December 23, 1949 in Barcelona , Spain ) is a Spanish object and installation artist who performs his pictorial poems in Catalan .

Life

Pazos began studying architecture , but then turned to drawing and painting . He studied art at the Escola EINA in Barcelona and exhibited for the first time in 1969 in the Ateneu building in Barcelona. In the following years he became known nationally and internationally with solo and group exhibitions. His works, such as installations or sculptures, are often given the title kitsch due to their attacks of innocence and naivety .

Since 2005 he has been working with the Catalan artist Pascal Comelade in the fields of books, videos and concerts.

Prizes and awards

• 2004: Premio nacional de artes plasticos of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.
• 2008: Premi Nacional d'Arts Visuals of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 1979: Sala d'Exposcions de l ' Ateneu Barcelonès, Barcelona
• 1973: Perfume . Sala Tres, Acadèmia de Belles Arts, Sabadell
• 1976: Esculturas al aire libre . EINA, Barcelona
• 1986: Melalcohólicoropel . Galería Buades, Madrid
• 1990: "L'Amour Latent" y "Christmas Blues" . Gallery Camille Von Scholz, Brussels
• 1993: Collagenos y cirroestratos . Galeria Joan Prats , Barcelona
• 1993: Decalage de cafes o decales de calaix . Estudio Artizar, La Laguna, Tenerife
• 1994: For CP Fans Only . Sala Papalló , Valencia
• 1995: El velo del olvido . Joan Prats Gallery, New York City
• 1996: with Steven Pollack : Voodoo Victims . Caligrama , Barcelona
• 1997: Luces en la Tormenta . Galería Trinta, Santiago de Compostela
• 1998: ... magari ... . Espai per la Recetrca i l'Intercanvi, Ca'n Xarracan, Montornès del Vallès , Barcelona
• 2001: SINDETIKON . Museo de Teruel, Teruel and Museo de la University of Alicante , Alicante
• 2003: Chispazos , Museo de Cáceres, Cáceres , Spain
• 2004: Sí, estás . Galleria Gianni Giacobbi de Arte Contemporaneo, Palma
• 2006: Mic & Mau . Galería del Tenyidor, Collioure , France
• 2006: Obert per obres . Maison de la Catalogne, Paris
• 2007: No me digas Nada . Museo Reina Sofía , Madrid, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona and 2008 Galería Vanguardia , Bilbao

Group exhibitions

• 2006: Bang-Bang! Trafic d'armes de Saint-Étienne à Sète , Musée international des arts modestes , Sète , France.

literature

• SINDETIKON . Diputación Feral de Álava , Vitoria 2001, ISBN 84-7821-441-0 .
• Visualkultur.cat: Art / design / works together with Perejaume , Josep Guinovart , Joan Fontcuberta and Zush . ACTAR, Barcelona 2007, ISBN 978-84-96540-93-4 .

Web links

• Artist's website (English / Spanish / French)