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Private Dancer. Love songs for times of crisis, 2024
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I Wanna Dance with Somebody. Love songs for times of crisis, 2024
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Estranha forma de vida. Love songs for times of crisis, 2024
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Recomposed, 2023
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Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Love songs for times of crisis, 2022
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Face to face with death I (Crisis Edition), 2022
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I only have eyes for you II, 2022
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Je t’aime moi non plus. Love songs for times of crisis, 2022
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Quand on n'a que l'amour. Love songs for times of crisis, 2022
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Gravestone XI, 2022
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Icono gástrico III, 2020
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Icono gástrico IV, 2020
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Icono gástrico V, 2020
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Bon appetit I, 2019
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Angelitos negros, 2019
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I will die, 2019
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Desastre CLXXI, 2019
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Sweet dreams are made of this (Europe edition), 2019
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Welcome Series, 2019
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Leçons de Ténèbres VIII, 2018
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Sweet Dreams are made of this, 2016
Carlos Aires is a multidisciplinary artist internationally recognised for his cynical vision of today's society and his research into the representations of power. Approaching his imagery involves exploring a universe where the perverse, the passionate, the catastrophic, the festive, the playful, the desiderative, the pathetic and death coexist without contradiction in the uncertain body of the beautiful. Obsessed by technical perfection, he collaborates with different craftsmen specialised in ceramics, metal, wood, etc. He is interested in drawing attention to the importance of tradition and popular wisdom in constructing our current visions of the future. Despite the slightly baroque aroma of his works, we should not overlook the fact that his work is a rather stark and heterodox revision of the Conceptual Art tradition. Terms such as fetishism, lasciviousness, catastrophe, plenitude and realism are an inseparable part of his practice.
He obtained a bachelor's in fine arts at the University of Granada in Spain. Upon graduating in 1997, he moved to Holland and completed his postgraduate studies at Fontys Academy (Tilburg, Holland), HISK (Antwerp, Belgium) and Ohio State University (USA).
Aires has received numerous recognitions throughout his career. He was honored with prestigious grants and awards, including the: OMI Residency (USA), Edith Fergus Gilmore Award (USA), Generation 2008 Caja Madrid (Spain), Young Belgian Art Prize (Belgium), 1st Award Young Andalusian Artists (Spain), Fulbright (USA), Walter Debrock Prize (Belgium), Manuel Rivera Grant (Spain) and De Pont Atelier (Holland). He has participated in numerous exhibitions in national and international institutions, such as: Le Delta (Namur), CAC (Malaga), MACBA (Barcelona), Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (USA), Imperial Belvedere Palace (Vienna), Maison Particulière Art Center (Brussels), BB6 Bucharest International Biennale for Contemporary Art (Bucharest), 5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art (Thessaloniki), Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (Mexico City),Pavilion de L'Exile (Paris), Palazzo Riso-Contemporary Art Museum of Palermo (Sicily) De Bond Museum, (Brugge),Canada Contemporary Art Museum (Montreal), among others.
His work can be found within significants public collections, noteworthy examples include: CAAC (Sevilla), Banco de España (Madrid), ARTIUM (Spain), MACBA (Spain), Fondation Francès (France), ARTER (Turkey), CAC (Spain), Maison Particulière (Belgium), Museum Biedermann (Germany), Progress Art, (Saudi Arabia), Caja Madrid Collection (Spain), National Belgium Bank (Belgium), 21c Museum (USA), MAK (Austria), CAAC (Spain), Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium), Space Collection (Belgium).
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Nothing New
Carlos Aires 14 Dec 2019 - 29 Feb 2020 ADN GaleriaAires makes an statement with this exhibition’s title against the self-imposed pressure on artists who create in search of originality or those who end up seeing their art turned into...More information -
5994 is just a number
Group show 10 Oct - 30 Nov 2019 ADN GaleriaWithin the framework of Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2019, we are presenting a collective exhibition with the artists who we work for; some of them since the beginning, and others who...More information -
This is just not fucking business
Carlos Aires 25 Jan - 30 Apr 2014 ADN GaleriaThis is not just fucking business articulates an aesthetic of chaos in an inclusive way, where opposite realities cohabitate and ultimately foster. Aires interferes with our perception of reality through...More information -
10 is more than a number
Group Show 29 Jun - 30 Nov 2013 ADN GaleriaOn June the 29th , ADN Galeria presents a group show which compiles works by all the artists working with the gallery to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Adopting the theory...More information -
Lets get physical
Carlos Aires 15 Apr - 14 May 2011 ADN GaleriaCarlos Aires is one of the artists identified in ADN Galeria as global busters; he handles processes of hybridization and an aesthetic of chaos in an inclusive way, thanks to...More information -
Danzad, danzad, malditos
Carlos Aires 28 May - 30 Jul 2009Although the work of Carlos Aires talks about an uncomfortable reality, this is only its background. Sometimes the image hides its acidity by mimicking itself with pop colors; sometimes the...More information
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Un demi-siècle de durcissement pénal
Laurent Bonelli, Monde Diplomatique October 1, 2024« Finissons-en avec l’insécurité et le laxisme judiciaire ! », enjoignait le Rassemblement national sur le réseau X en vue du second tour des législatives, le 7 juillet...More information -
ADN Galeria in Paris Photo
Clémentine Mercier, Libération November 8, 2022La sélection de Libé Paris Photo 2022 : ça, c’est du support ! par Clémentine Mercier publié le 8 novembre 2022 à 7h30 Ampoules, cadrans d’horloges,...More information -
‘Nothing New’ de Carlos Aires en la ADN Galeria
María Muñoz, NEO2 January 22, 2020Carlos Aires con el título de esta exposición Nada Nuevo/Nothing New se posiciona en contra de la presión auto impuesta a los artistas en busca...More information