artist
Carlos Pazos
birth
Barcelona, Spain, 1949
last update
01-04-2025
Carlos Pazos (Barcelona 1949) studied architecture, graphic design and art history at Eina, an art and design school in Barcelona. A heterogeneous creator, his work connects with Neo-Dadaism, Arte Povera, Surrealism and the aesthetics of Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and Marcel Broodthaers. Although formally his work displays a marked sense of humour, it is also deeply dramatic. Pazos reveals the failure of modernity and questions the systems of representation: the image can no longer evoke reality and the self belongs to fiction. The artist, hiding behind a variety of masks, uses souvenirs and objects, and turns the art of collecting into one of the main themes in his work. With a kitsch aesthetic, he combines the poetics of the object with irony and the narcissistic mask.

Inquisitive by nature, Pazos has experimented with different creative fields. In the cinema, he played the principal role in És quan dormo que hi veig clar, 1987, a film by Jordi Cadena with texts by J.V. Foix, and in the action-movie Pianito, 1999, by Jordi Colomer; he was the director and designer of the play El bell lloc, 1998, by Joan Brossa, and wrote and directed the documentary Yo inventé unos Llopis, 2011. He has collaborated in artist’s books with Eduardo Mendoza, Ramón de España and Eduardo Lago, and is the author of the books Garabatos y zarpazos, 2004, and Pimpollos y papanatas, 2013. He has been the director of the dance hall Cibeles, 1978–82, the cocktail bar Bijou, 1983–86, inspired by the spectral bar in The Shining by Stanley Kubrick, and the musical bar Je-rrix, 1994–95.

Since 1970, year of his first solo show at the Ateneu de Barcelona, his work has been exhibited in numerous galleries in Barcelona (Ciento, Metrònom, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Caixa de Pensions) and Madrid (Buades, Gamarra y Garrigues, Masha Prieto and Juana de Aizpuru). He has also exhibited in other cities in Spain, as well as Paris, 1978, New York, 1989, and Brussels, 1989, among others.

In 2004 he was awarded the Spanish Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas by the Ministry of Education and Culture, and in 2008 received the Catalan Premi Nacional d’Arts Visuals for his exhibition Don’t Tell Me Anything at MACBA and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, a retrospective of the work of thirty years exploring the subject of identity and the poetics of the object.
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Mnemocine. Película recortable
2006 - 2007
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[3810_001_hist / Imatge] A sus pies señora
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[1501_001_hist / Imatge] Sense títol. Sèrie "Conocerle es amarle"
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Sense títol
1995
Carlos Pazos
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Carpeta "XXV Artistes Catalans. Pavelló de Catalunya Expo'92"
1992
Rafael Bartolozzi
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Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear
1992
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[1207_002_rgb / Imatge] Un elefante en el limbo
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[3112_002_hist / Imatge] Niños buenos, niños malos
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¿Qué pasó con la música?
1989
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Sense títol
1989
Carlos Pazos
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[6585_001_rgb / Imatge] Dedicado admirador de la naturaleza
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[6589_001_pub / Imatge] No hay replay
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Con el calor se despegan las estrellas
1988
Carlos Pazos
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[0057_001_hist / Imatge] While my Lady sleeps
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[1637_001_hist / Imatge] L'amour c'est comme un jour. Sèrie: "Esa estúpides sensación"
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[6601_002_rgb / Imatge] Que te folle un pez
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De nuevo
1987
Carlos Pazos
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[6596_002_pub / Imatge] Panorama de amor al amanecer
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Me gusta mucho pero no quiero más
1986
Carlos Pazos
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Acaramelando a Wendy
1986
Carlos Pazos
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[1888_001_hist / Imatge] Con llanto de cocodrilo. Sèrie: " Esa estúpida sensación"
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[6600_004_pub / Imatge] Demasiado joven para el rock and roll (Go Johnny Go)
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[6594_004_hist / Imatge] C'est chic, n'est-ce pas?
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Cromo 8: Regreso del país de nunca jamás
1984
Carlos Pazos
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El mar me bailaba en tus ojos turbios de duralex
1984
Carlos Pazos
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[6597_004_pub / Imatge] Papá dijo no al rock and roll
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Cupido eres tú
1983
Carlos Pazos
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[0175_001_pub / Imatge] Aquella noche volví a llorar con Bambi
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[3851_001_pub / Imatge] Mi pathos doy
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[3113_010_pub / Imatge] The Floor of Fame
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Conocerle es amarle
1977
Carlos Pazos
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[2958_006_hist / Imatge] En la intimidad
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[6595_001_rgb / Imatge] No me olvides
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[1487_022_hist / Imatge] Voy a hacer de mi una estrella
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[3111_015_hist / Imatge] Models d'escultures
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[3110_002_hist / Imatge] Pinturas
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[3810_001_hist / Imatge] A sus pies señora
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[1501_001_hist / Imatge] Sense títol. Sèrie "Conocerle es amarle"
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[1207_002_rgb / Imatge] Un elefante en el limbo
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[3112_002_hist / Imatge] Niños buenos, niños malos
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[6585_001_rgb / Imatge] Dedicado admirador de la naturaleza
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[0057_001_hist / Imatge] While my Lady sleeps
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[1637_001_hist / Imatge] L'amour c'est comme un jour. Sèrie: "Esa estúpides sensación"
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[6601_002_rgb / Imatge] Que te folle un pez
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[6596_002_pub / Imatge] Panorama de amor al amanecer
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[1888_001_hist / Imatge] Con llanto de cocodrilo. Sèrie: " Esa estúpida sensación"
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[6600_004_pub / Imatge] Demasiado joven para el rock and roll (Go Johnny Go)
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[6594_004_hist / Imatge] C'est chic, n'est-ce pas?
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[6597_004_pub / Imatge] Papá dijo no al rock and roll
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[0175_001_pub / Imatge] Aquella noche volví a llorar con Bambi
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[3851_001_pub / Imatge] Mi pathos doy
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[3113_010_pub / Imatge] The Floor of Fame
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documents

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En temps real. La Col·lecció Rafael Tous d'art conceptual [Reportatge fotogràfic exposició]
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14-5-2021 - 1-11-2021
Carlos Pazos : cook books : inventari provisional, 1999-2011 /[idea i projecte, Anna Capella ; textos, Anna Capella, Richer et Richer ; disseny, Álex Gifreu]
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2011
Pascal Comelade i Carlos Pazos, amb la participació de Evru -- Dispositiu LEM de primavera [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
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7-5-2010
Presentació del llibre "Fidelidad Total" de Carlos Pazos i Ramón de España [Reportatge audiovisual activitat]
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22-3-2007
Carlos Pazos. No em diguis res [Reportatge fotogràfic exposició]
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9-3-2007 - 6-5-2007
Aquí en la tierra como en el infierno / un guión de Carlos Pazos
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2002
"Voy a hacer de mi una estrella" / Carlos Pazos
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2002
El mundo del ritmo / [litografías] Carlos Pazos ; [texto] Eduardo Mendoza
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1998
Carlos Pazos. Entrevista [Bibiografia i investigació]
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[1997-1998]
L'Amour latent / [photos] Carlos Pazos ; [text] Vicenç Altaió
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1990
Sólo tú / Carlos Pazos
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1990
L'Amour latent / [photos] Carlos Pazos ; [text] Vicenç Altaió
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1990
El miedo es libre : memorabilia : notas a pie de objeto por Montserrat Cuchillo / Carlos Pazos
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1990
Jardín compartido / [grabado/collage] Carlos Pazos ; [textos] María Vela
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1989
Carles Pazos : a la intimitat : collecció de deu postals / Carlos Pazos ; [text extret del Morning Cronicle ; traduït per Toni Marí]
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1977
Carlos Pazos/Xavier Olivé
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1975
Ràfols Casamada
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[1975]
1219 mᵌ x 45' x 9
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[1972?]
[Descripció del projecte "1219 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
6 records / Carlos Pazos
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[1972]
1219 mᵌ x 45' x 9
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ x 45' x 9
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
[Composició fotogràfica 2]
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[1972?]
[Composició fotogràfica 2]
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[1972?]
[Descripció del projecte "1219 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
[Fotografies "12319 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
[Fotografía en acetat "1219 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
[Composició fotogràfica 1]
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[1972?]
[Composició fotogràfica 1]
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[1972?]
6 records / Carlos Pazos
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[1972]
Boleto para votar : acto de participación 22 de octubre 1971 : Pazos - Puppo - Muntadas
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1971