"Boy with Flowers" by Carlos Cortes (now sold)

£1,750.00

 
"Boy with Flowers" by Carlos Cortes

Painting, photography, theatre design, dance and performance all fuel the multidisciplinary work of Carlos Cortes. His many uses of found objects create exciting and dynamic interpretations of humanity: the relationship between people, their activities and the spaces they inhabit, the objects they use and the traces they leave. He does this from a very personal perspective, combining surreal interpretations with an honest portrayal of other people's lives.
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Cortés has clearly defined his own creative method and style. His work challenges the viewer's understanding of familiar objects, myths and ideas, and encourages participation by inviting storytelling and questioning. From these objects, his work receives immediate and inherent narratives which inform his pieces.

Since the 1980's, Cortes has exhibited and performed extensively in the UK and across Europe. His paintings can also be found in private collections in USA and New Zealand.

 

 

Carlos Cortes has worked successfully since the 80’s in the fields of performing and visual arts. His work has been exhibited, published and performed in several European countries and the USA

His current practice is focused in the relationship between human groups, their activities and the space they inhabit, the objects they use and the traces they leave.

He uses found objects as starting point for most of his paintings, 3D objects and installations

Movement, interactivity and visual elements are important in his performances. His practice is also defined by an interest in audience participation, and the relationship between architecture, landscape and site-specific issues.


Carlos Cortés has clearly defined his own creative method and style. His work challenges the viewer's understanding of familiar objects, myths and ideas, and encourages participation by inviting storytelling and questioning. From these objects, his work receives immediate and inherent narratives which inform his pieces.

Painting, photography, theatre design, dance and performance all fuel the multidisciplinary work of Carlos Cortes. His many uses of found objects create exciting and dynamic interpretations of humanity: the relationship between people, their activities and the spaces they inhabit, the objects they use and the traces they leave. He does this from a very personal perspective, combining surreal interpretations with an honest portrayal of other people's lives.

Since the 1980's, Carlos Cortes has exhibited and performed extensively in the UK and across Europe. His paintings can also be found in private collections in USA and New Zealand.



VISUAL ARTS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS


2011 – TURNER CONTEMPORARY, Margate, UK. Interactive

installation commission for opening season.

2011 - OUTSIDE THE SQUARE GALLERY, MARGATE, UK .

- FIRSTSITE, Colchester UK Interactive installation commission

for opening of new building

- Of Men and Angels. Exhibition, GX Gallery, London UK

2010 – Cars, Men, Flowers and a Birdhouse. GX Gallery.

London UK

2009 - Storyboard GX Gallery London UK

- Magdalena y el Capitan Chorizo, Ctro de Historia

Zaragoza Spain. Site Specific Installation.

2008 – GX Gallery. London UK

-Galeria Pilar Gines. Zaragoza International Expo 2008.

Spain

2007 – GX Gallery. London UK

2005 –GX Gallery. Painting. London, Uk

2004 -Great Expectations Gallery. Painting. London, UK

2004 -WILD DUCK AT HOME. Interactive Installation. Collab. with

artist Meg Power. Brighton Festival,Arts Council funded

2003 -Great Expectations Gallery. Painting. London UK

-54º North Festival. Painting. Hull Art Festival. HULL-UK

1994 -Photography & Dance. Teatro Principal de Zaragoza.

Spain

1993 -International Dance Festival. Photography. Valladolid.

Spain

1992 -Pablo Gargallo Art Gallery. Painting. Zaragoza - Spain

1991 -La Caixa de Tarragona Art Gallery. Photography.

Tarragona. Spain


GROUP SHOWS (selected)

2008 – Artots Space. Hertogenbosch, Holland

2006 –Identidad.es Cervantes Institute-London. Site specific

exhibition S.A.L.

-Hunters and Gatherers. Gallery at Willesden Green.

London

-Forest of Drawings. Big Draw at Kew Gardens, London UK.

2006 - ESQUILOS LEJANOS (Curator*) Museo de Historia,

Zaragoza.

2005 - S-A-L presentation party and exhibition. Cockpit Art

Studios, London UK

- GQ-QG International Conference. Virtual paintings group

show. Santa Barbara, California USA

- SIGNALS III Crystal Palace Artists group show

- Towers and Icons. Artists Harbour Gallery, Portsmouth UK

2004 – SIGNALS II Crystal Palace Artists group show

– Emergency Exhibition. Antenna Studios, Crystal Palace, London

2003 -The Best of 2002 Bettie Morton Gallery. London UK

2002 – Bettie Morton Gallery. London Uk

2001 -Summer Exhibition Oriel Myrddin. Carmarthen Wales UK

-Torbay International Festival Torquay Devon UK

-Chichester Open Art Exhibition. Chichester Sussex UK

1997 -Drawing Contest Isabel de Portugal Zaragoza Spain

1995 "THE SEDUCED CAMERA" Four Spanish Dance

Photographers at the European Union Press

Building, Strassbourg

-Drawing contest Isabel de Portugal Zaragoza - Spain

1993 -Photography Contest Isabel de Portugal. Zaragoza . Spain

1992 -Photography Contest Isabel de Portugal, Zaragoza, Spain

1991 -Photography Contest Villa de Tauste

1986 -Villa de Tauste Painting contest. Tauste – Spain

1985 -Young Expression. Painting and Drawing. Zaragoza - Spain

- Isabel de Portugal contest. Painting. Zaragoza Spain

1984 -Certamen "El Corte Inglés" Painting Zaragoza - Spain

-Young Expression. Painting and Drawing . Zaragoza -

Spain

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