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Barcelona, Spain, 1949
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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.
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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[Notes i blocs d'apunts, alguns d'ells publicats al llibre "Agenda: Carlos Pazos" (Barcelona, Àmbit, 1984)]
[ca. 1984]
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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
A.HIS.06521
A.HIS.06521
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
A10475
A10475
Pascal Comelade i Carlos Pazos, amb la participació de Evru -- Dispositiu LEM de primavera [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
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7-5-2010
A.HIS.05012
A.HIS.05012
Presentació del llibre "Fidelidad Total" de Carlos Pazos i Ramón de España [Reportatge audiovisual activitat]
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22-3-2007
A.HIS.06658
A.HIS.06658
Carlos Pazos. No em diguis res [Reportatge fotogràfic exposició]
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9-3-2007 - 6-5-2007
A.HIS.00046
A.HIS.00046
"Voy a hacer de mi una estrella" / Carlos Pazos
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2002
A00484
A00484
Aquí en la tierra como en el infierno / un guión de Carlos Pazos
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2002
A02857
A02857
El mundo del ritmo / [litografías] Carlos Pazos ; [texto] Eduardo Mendoza
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1998
A03092
A03092
Carlos Pazos. Entrevista [Bibiografia i investigació]
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[1997-1998]
A.HIS.07697
A.HIS.07697
Aquella noche volví a soñar con Bambi / Carlos Pazos [Postal]
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1997
A.HIS.05232
A.HIS.05232
El miedo es libre : memorabilia : notas a pie de objeto por Montserrat Cuchillo / Carlos Pazos
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1990
A.GCI.0182
A.GCI.0182
L'Amour latent / [photos] Carlos Pazos ; [text] Vicenç Altaió
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1990
A01621
A01621
Sólo tú / Carlos Pazos
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1990
A03830
A03830
L'Amour latent / [photos] Carlos Pazos ; [text] Vicenç Altaió
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1990
A03148
A03148
Jardín compartido / [grabado/collage] Carlos Pazos ; [textos] María Vela
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1989
A03145
A03145
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
A.GCI.0125
A.GCI.0125
Carlos Pazos/Xavier Olivé
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1975
A.GTR.0419
A.GTR.0419
Ràfols Casamada
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[1975]
A07809
A07809
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0009
A.GTR.0009
[Descripció del projecte "1219 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0002
A.GTR.0002
[Composició fotogràfica 1]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0015
A.GTR.0015
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0008
A.GTR.0008
1219 mᵌ x 45' x 9
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0005
A.GTR.0005
[Composició fotogràfica 2]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0017
A.GTR.0017
[Descripció del projecte "1219 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0012
A.GTR.0012
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0010
A.GTR.0010
[Composició fotogràfica 2]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0016
A.GTR.0016
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0011
A.GTR.0011
1219 mᵌ x 45' x 9
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0004
A.GTR.0004
1219 mᵌ x 45' x 9
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0013
A.GTR.0013
[Composició fotogràfica 1]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0014
A.GTR.0014
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0006
A.GTR.0006
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0003
A.GTR.0003
[Fotografía en acetat "1219 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0025
A.GTR.0025
[Fotografies "12319 mᵌ"]
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0024
A.GTR.0024
1219 mᵌ
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[1972?]
A.GTR.0007
A.GTR.0007
6 records / Carlos Pazos
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[1972]
A08208
A08208
6 records / Carlos Pazos
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[1972]
A10900
A10900
Boleto para votar : acto de participación 22 de octubre 1971 : Pazos - Puppo - Muntadas
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1971
A07314
A07314