Alberto Porta

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Alberto Porta (also Albert Porta i Muñoz ; * 1946 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish -American painter , multimedia and computer artist who is known under the pseudonyms "Zush" and "Evru".

Life

Alberto Porta was born in Barcelona in Catalonia in 1946 . He is self-taught as a painter and draftsman . In 1975 he received a scholarship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge , where he studied holography .

Alberto Porta has worked in New York City and Madrid since 1986 .

Pseudonyms

Alberto Porta created two different identities. Zush, a "psycho-manual-digital artist" and Evru, a "scientific-mystical artist".

Zush (1968 to 2001)

Under the pseudonym Zush , Alberto Porta invented a parallel state, the Evrugo Mental State, with its own currency (Tucares), passport, national anthem, flag and alphabet (Asura).

Evru (2001 to date)

Alberto Porta has been exhibiting under the name Evru since 2001 . Alternatively, the name Zush-Evru is used. His work is diverse. It ranges between a very personal, to the surrealism referential iconography to a form of Cyborg - aesthetics . From traditional works on paper, canvas and wood, it leads to large-format digital photos and innovative digital works in the field of computer-aided design ( CAD ). Tecura , a computer program for digital painting that users can participate in, was developed by Evru .

"I don't mind loosing control. I feel that thanks to the use of other people make of works of art, these expand to become a collective mind, a shared project, a collective intelligence. At the same time, each person playing with Tecura finds this amazing opportunity of seeing his or her own works of art exhibited on the walls of a public space, thus becoming the artist that he or she was carrying within. "

- Evru

Awards

  • 1975 Scholarship to study holography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • 1982 and 1983 scholarship from the DAAD
  • 1999 Laus Prize for the best CDROM awarded by the Association of Industrial Design and Fostering Arts and Design (ADI-FAD) in Barcelona.

Exhibitions

He took part in international exhibitions such as Documenta 6 in Kassel (1977), New Pictures from Spain (1980) in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York and Les magiciens de la terre (1989), Center Georges Pompidou in Paris .

Retrospectives took place in the Today Art Museum , Beijing (2007), in the Shanghai Duolun MoMA Shanghai (2007), in the NUS NX Gallery , Singapore , in the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona , Barcelona (2001) and in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid (2000)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 3: hand drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel, pp. 126,354, 1977. ISBN 3-920453-00-X
  2. ↑ Evrugo mental state , accessed December 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Artistes contemporains: Art collection Camille von Scholz - Éditions Camomille Alberto Porta -----> Zush -----> Evru accessed on December 6, 2014 (English)
  4. ↑ The matterhad collection Zush Evru ( Memento from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on December 6, 2014 (English)
  5. ↑ TeCura , accessed on December 6, 2014 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Porta, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Porta i Muñoz, Albert; Zuush; Evru
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hispanic-American painter, multimedia and computer artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona