Carlos Pazos

CARLOS PAZOS (Barcelona, 1949).
Llévame en tu polvera" ("Carry me in your compact"), 1991.
Mixed media.
Electrified.
Size: 74 x 53 x 10 cm.
The poetic charge that floods the works of Carlos Pazos is strongly reflected in this sculpture. The title of "Llévame en tu polvera" is just as important as the materials that make up the work, as a link can be established between the nomenclature and the set of elements that constitute it.
Carlos Pazos studied architecture in Barcelona, and furthered his artistic knowledge at the Eina School in the same city. He made his debut in 1971 at the Ateneo de Barcelona, and since then has held numerous exhibitions in Spain, Italy and Belgium. He has carried out actions in New York and Barcelona, and participated in "Seny i rauxa: 11 artistas catalans", at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He has been awarded the National Prize for Plastic Arts (2004), and is represented at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Fundación La Caixa, the MACBA and the Centro de Arte Santa Mónica in Barcelona, the Museos de Bellas Artes de Álava and Teruel and the Fundación Antonio Pérez in Cuenca. In 2007, the MACBA in Barcelona dedicated an anthological exhibition to him, conceived as an ironic journey through his work.