Barcelona, 1949.
Period of residency at Piramidón: February 1992 - December 2008
Work: National Prize of Plastic Arts 2004, Carlos Pazos's work stands between the two main currents of Spanish art in the second half of the 20th century: Informalism and Conceptualism. His artistic journey begins influenced by European Pop Art and evolves towards the language of object, assemblage, and the association of meanings. His work also strongly relates to Arte Povera, emphasizing everyday elements and their iconographic codes. Pazos is also associated with Neo-Dadaism, Surrealism, and the aesthetic of silence explored by Duchamp, Warhol, and Broodthaers.
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Carlos Pazos in his studio at Piramidón (1994)
