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The Paradox of No
Carlos Pazos, George Brecht, Robert Filliou, Locker Room, 18 September 2025

The Paradox of No: Carlos Pazos, George Brecht, Robert Filliou

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Carlos Pazos Dandy en Bancarrota (I), 2016 Collage with paper and objects on paper. 98 x 58 cm; framed 110 x 70,5 x 7 cm.
Carlos Pazos
Dandy en Bancarrota (I), 2016
Collage with paper and objects on paper.
98 x 58 cm; framed 110 x 70,5 x 7 cm.

Within the framework of Barcelona Gallery Weekend, for the Flash programme, ADN Galeria presents The Paradox of No, a group show that includes works by Carlos Pazos, George Brecht and Robert Filliou.

How to avoid a piece of art turning in merchandise? Does the world need more objects? Should things and experiences continue to be compulsively produced? These were some of the questions that not few thinkers and activists asked themselves in the decade of the sixties, when it became clear that the economy and social relations revolved around consumption. Life wasn’t organized around the factory but the shopping center. And a new proletariat, without fixed schedules and with apparent freedom, started to occupy the public sphere, now transformed into a space for advertising.

 

Can art be made without making it? The practices of Brecht, Filliou, and Pazos lie outside the disciplines. To quote Maurice Blanchot, for these authors, the artistic act is the experience of that which cannot be taken away, of that which feels present and does not pass, because it is only traffic. Art is a transitional phenomenon. It generates an illusion in the viewer that drives them to relate to others and to an environment that, although external, is not perceived as alien. We are faced with three artists from two different generations who have perceived the problems of our time and the need to escape the art system. They have not sought to create a work of art, but rather to stop creating it.

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Works
  • Carlos Pazos, Dandy en Bancarrota (I), 2016
    Carlos Pazos, Dandy en Bancarrota (I), 2016
  • Carlos Pazos, Dandy en bancarrota (II), 2016
    Carlos Pazos, Dandy en bancarrota (II), 2016
  • Carlos Pazos, Nil de Roses, 2008
    Carlos Pazos, Nil de Roses, 2008
  • Carlos Pazos, Fucking Europe 14, 2016
    Carlos Pazos, Fucking Europe 14, 2016
  • Carlos Pazos, Fucking Europe 18, 2016
    Carlos Pazos, Fucking Europe 18, 2016
  • Carlos Pazos, Fucking Europe 25, 2016
    Carlos Pazos, Fucking Europe 25, 2016
  • Carlos Pazos, Livre de Brouillon. S/T (La Pesqué), 1986
    Carlos Pazos, Livre de Brouillon. S/T (La Pesqué), 1986
  • Carlos Pazos, Livre de Brouillon. S/T (Flammes de Velours), 1990
    Carlos Pazos, Livre de Brouillon. S/T (Flammes de Velours), 1990
  • Carlos Pazos, À la pêche à la sirène, 2023
    Carlos Pazos, À la pêche à la sirène, 2023
  • Carlos Pazos, À la pêche à la sirène, 2023
    Carlos Pazos, À la pêche à la sirène, 2023
  • Carlos Pazos, El champán de los pobres, 1998-2000
    Carlos Pazos, El champán de los pobres, 1998-2000
  • Carlos Pazos, Madame a Brulée, 2023
    Carlos Pazos, Madame a Brulée, 2023
  • George Brecht, Cloud Scissors, 1964
    George Brecht, Cloud Scissors, 1964
  • George Brecht, Experimental Enlargement, ca. 1970
    George Brecht, Experimental Enlargement, ca. 1970
  • George Brecht, Flute solo, 1962
    George Brecht, Flute solo, 1962
  • George Brecht, The Bottle Bottle-Opener , 1966-1980
    George Brecht, The Bottle Bottle-Opener , 1966-1980
  • George Brecht, Void, 1990 - 1995
    George Brecht, Void, 1990 - 1995
  • George Brecht, Avis Biflex, 1973
    George Brecht, Avis Biflex, 1973
  • Robert Filliou, Joker, 1969
    Robert Filliou, Joker, 1969
  • Robert Filliou & Emmett Williams, Spaghetti Sandwich, 1971
    Robert Filliou & Emmett Williams, Spaghetti Sandwich, 1971
  • Robert Filliou, Daniel Spoerri & Roland Topor, Monsters are inofensive, 1967
    Robert Filliou, Daniel Spoerri & Roland Topor, Monsters are inofensive, 1967
  • Robert Filliou, Optimistic box #3, 1969
    Robert Filliou, Optimistic box #3, 1969
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