Carlos Asensio

Statement

My recent work arises as a need to delve into some concepts ascribed to the most immediate context and this means representing through art the existing problems in contemporary society which directly alludes to the necesity to review the values on which the human morality is based today. Therefore, there is no better example for this crisis of values or more specifically financial than Detroit. The initial proposal presents a conductive link through the dilapidated situation that characterizes the houses of the postmodern era in that city. At the beginning of the century, this was a model of prosperity and a clear reflection of the American dream. However, it is currently a benchmark of a city that has fallen into disrepair as a result of that economic depression, something that has happened in many cities worldwide due to the globalization of these social processes. After all, this entire series responds as a whole to an elaborate reflection directed towards the effects resulting from the acts produced by humanity and therefore inherent to the human condition. In first place, starting from the economic aspect that in some way is the germ on which the project begins to emerge. Not in vain, from there other subtopics begin to appear that, without losing any relationship with the genuine concept, provide a broader vision, enriching the work and at the same time providing it with greater continuity. Thus, aspects such as natural catastrophes or the mistreatment of the criatures that populate our nature in contrast with the agents of human progress come into play.

GlogauAIR Project

Glitch Houses

As its name indicates, part of the glitch concept, which is an Anglo-Saxon term, whose translation into Spanish means failure and in computing or the image field is not considered a software error, but rather an unforeseen feature. These visual glitches can be observed due to badly encoded or damaged files that form erroneous figures or images. Thus, this conceptual aspect provides added value to the configuration of the reproductions, as well as a greater background in the discourse. Therefore, I intend to generate a link between that anomaly represented through those graphics and the malfunction of the system represented thanks to the figurative image, in the form of abandoned architectures and other related elements that have been appearing throughout the previous series. The multiple effects of distortion, fragmentation or decomposition of the image symbolize this disorder of the most immediate reality. The chromatic combinations of graphics, together with the manipulated variants of the figurative elements, can convey a confusion on the viewer. Some works that enjoy an aesthetic appeal to the eye and, however, contain a bitter social criticism. When it comes to putting into practice, I plan to explore the plastic possibilities that the hybridization of painting with image transfer systems can offer.

CV Summary

EDUCATION

• 2020- PhD in Art and Production. Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos. UPV.
• 2009-2010 MFA in Artistic Production. Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos. UPV.
• 2004-2009 BFA Degree. Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos. UPV.

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

• 2018 Inhospitable places. Tomás y Valiente Art Center. Fuenlabrada, Madrid.
• 2016 Identidad y Movimiento. Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Castelló.
• 2014 Reflexiones sobre la Realidad. Municipal Museum. Albacete.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

• 2021
  • Atlas del arte español. Mauro Muriendas Room. Torrelavega.
  • Infinity Art – Affordable Art Fair. De Kromhoutal. Ámsterdam.
  • 10+6. MENADOR espai cultural. Castelló.
  • Atlas del arte español. O Vello Cárcere Cultural center. Lugo.
  • Infinity Art – Art Madrid. Crystal Gallery of Palacio de Cibeles. Madrid.
  • Infinity Art – Estampa, Contemporary Art Fair. IFEMA. Madrid.
• 2019
  • 2019_n3. Piramidón Centre D´Art Contemporani. Barcelona.
  • BAI Fellows – Art Spring 2019. Berlin Art Institute. Berlin.
  • PAM´19. Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos. UPV. València.
  • Loud Places. Estudio 22. Logroño.
• 2018
  • Arte Aparte X. La Carolina Cultural Center. La Carolina, Jaén.
• 2017
  • Marte, International Contemporary Art Fair. Auditorium and Conference Center. Castelló.
  • Ciutat Vella Oberta. Octubre Contemporary Culture Center. València.
• 2015
  • MarteLab – Incubarte 7. La Llotgeta de la CAM Classroom. València.
  • Collezione Macs – Sezione Internazionale. Contemporary Art Museum of Sicilia. Catania.
  • La New Fair. La New Gallery. Madrid.
• 2013
  • Arte Propuestas 2013. Centro 14. Alicante.
• 2011
  • 6th International Drawing Biennale – Benalla Art Gallery. Benalla.
  • 6th International Drawing Biennale – Steps Gallery. Carlton, Melbourne.
  • Arte Contemporáneo Siglo XXI. MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art. Barcelona.

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