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Terrassa, Spain, 1961
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27-11-2024
After studying Fine Arts at the Universitat de Barcelona, and following several stays in Cologne and Paris, Pep Agut now lives and works between Barcelona and Terrassa. Influenced by his studies in art and photography, he developed an interest in the limits and possibilities of representation and in the place of art and the artist. Employing a wide variety of techniques, he brings into play the relationship between reality and representation, between language and meaning, and between the image and the gaze. With paintings that become a story, canvases that incorporate texts, painted canvases that build into architecture and actions in which the artist becomes a conjurer, his work can be seen as a critique around the notions of creation, silence and waiting, emptiness and nothingness.
Solo exhibitions include: FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (1997), Tel Aviv Museum of Art (1993), MACBA, Barcelona (2000), the Velan Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2002) and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2021), among others. He has participated in exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale (1993); Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (1996); Sydney Biennale (1998); and Art Unlimited, Basel (2004). Collections include: Museu Jaume Morera, Lleida; Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona; and MACBA, Barcelona.
Solo exhibitions include: FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (1997), Tel Aviv Museum of Art (1993), MACBA, Barcelona (2000), the Velan Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2002) and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2021), among others. He has participated in exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale (1993); Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (1996); Sydney Biennale (1998); and Art Unlimited, Basel (2004). Collections include: Museu Jaume Morera, Lleida; Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona; and MACBA, Barcelona.
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Los síntomas son palabras atrapadas en el cuerpo
Del grup genèric: 1995-00. De la peça: 1998-1999. Producció: 2000
Pep Agut
Sense títol (Cadira)
Del grup genèric: 1992-00. De la peça: 1993-96. Producció: 2000
Pep Agut
Sense títol (Vitrines)
Del grup genèric: 1992-00. De les peces: 1993-96. Producció: 2000
Pep Agut
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![[1632_001_hist / Imatge] L'artificialité du néant](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202436/8a699bad759f30947ebd7c3acf5e5c8f/full/large/0/default.jpg)
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Presentació i obertura del VI Simposi Internacional Crítica d’Art en un Món Global. Alter modernitat i espai global [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
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12-11-2010
Taula rodona amb Pilar Parcerisas, Carles Guerra, Pep Agut i Pere Portabella -- La poètica del material. Aproximacions a l'obra d'Antoni Tàpies [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
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3-5-2004
Pep Agut -- Pep Agut. Als actors secundaris [Enregistrament sonor activitat]
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5-4-2000
Pep Agut. Als actors secundaris [Contingut educatiu]
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24-3-2000 - 28-5-2000
Pep Agut. Als actors secundaris [Reportatge fotogràfic exposició]
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24-3-2000 - 28-5-2000
Als actors secundaris. Pep Agut / Camilo José Vergara. El nou gueto americà [Reportatge fotogràfic inauguració exposició]
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23-3-2000