PABLO GENOVÉS RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS
Pablo Genovés, (b. 1959, Madrid) has placed his personal stamp on contemporary Spanish photography. His work employs a combination of digital photography techniques and appropriated old images to create unusual and unexpected outcomes, leading the viewer to question the relationship between man and nature. The photographs in his two series Precipitados (Precipitates) from 20082011, and Cronología del Ruido (Chronology of Noise) from 2011-2012, feature emblematic Western cultural spaces where civilization and nature confront each other and fight for the appropriation of literal space. The landmarks he features are actually fictional; he combines aspects of different structures to elicit the strongest sense of what the viewer expects in a palace, church, or library. But these typical spaces are seen in a state of active destruction, as manufactured by the artist. The black and white photographs in the series Precipitados show these spaces inundated with natural elements such as water, ice, and sand. In Cronología del Ruido, industrial machinery is also incorporated as a source of physical ruin and as the visual evidence of the remains of a flood. The photographs can be read as an inquiry into signs of memory, with symbols of both a collective aesthetic past, and his own recent explorations as an artist. His work is therefore the result of a continuous process of artistic redefinition. Born in Madrid, Genovés has studied at the Art Students League in New York, the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, and the Camden Arts Center in London. The artist currently lives and works in Madrid and Berlin. The work of Pablo Genovés has been exhibited both in Spain, and abroad, including France, Germany, England, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Philippines, Korea, Saudi Arabia and the United States. His photographs are part of public and private collections worldwide.
Boreas Viento del Norte / Boreas North Wind, 2009 GiclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 53 1/8 x 67 inches Edition of 3
Los Nuevos Dioses / The New Gods, 2011 GiclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 85 7/8 x 63 inches Edition of 5
Mar Tendida / Swell, 2011 GiclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 72 7/8 x 52 3/8 inches Edition of 5
Interior en la sombra / Shadow Interior, 2011 GiclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 42 1/8 x 48 inches Edition of 3
Cambios climaticos / Climate Changes, 2011 GiclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 42 7/8 x 49 1/4 inches Edition of 3
El Palco / The Box, 2011 Plexi and giclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 25 5/8 x 16 3/4 inches Edition of 5
Los Espejos y el Mar / The Mirrors and the Sea, 2012 GiclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 46 1/8 x 63 inches Edition of 5
Superconectores / Super Connectors, 2011 Plexi and giclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 25 5/8 x 20 1/2 inches Edition of 5
El Origen de la palabra / The Origin of the Word, 2011 GiclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 39 3/8 x 49 1/4 inches Edition of 5
La Vida Eterna / Eternal Life, 2012 Plexi and giclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 19 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches Edition of 5
Cronologia del ruido / Noise Chronology, 2012 Plexi and giclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 19 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches Edition of 5
Sucesion de Utopias / Succession of Utopias, 2012 Plexi and giclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 25 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches Edition of 5 Pajaro de la Noche / Nightbird, 2011 Plexi and giclĂŠe on fiberbase paper 25 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches Edition of 5
Cover: Angeles Caídos / Fallen Angels, 2012 Giclée on fiberbase paper 51 1/8 x 48 inches Edition of 5 N E W YO R K /
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PABLO GENOVÉS RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS
MARCH 28 - APRIL 27, 2013
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