Carlos Maciá
Carlos Macià's pictorial work is tied in with murals and graffiti, and the occupation of public and private spaces, in a clear case of horror vacui. This drives him to use markers, felt pens and industrial spray paint, materials that allow spontaneous and gestural work to emerge, with rapid and improvised features.
His interest leads him to visually transform various open or closed places, either with large-scale round doodles or with lines and stains that accentuate the architecture.
His new work, still in its embryonic stage, seeks to radicalise and show some of the obsessions that pursue him. It is a series that plays with the limits of the medium itself and in which the finishes swing between industrial processes and modes of urban art.
A series that investigates the somewhat blurred boundary between painting and sculpture, and that tries to rescue everything that lacks a predetermined artistic intention, everything that gives it freshness and authenticity.
His interest leads him to visually transform various open or closed places, either with large-scale round doodles or with lines and stains that accentuate the architecture.
His new work, still in its embryonic stage, seeks to radicalise and show some of the obsessions that pursue him. It is a series that plays with the limits of the medium itself and in which the finishes swing between industrial processes and modes of urban art.
A series that investigates the somewhat blurred boundary between painting and sculpture, and that tries to rescue everything that lacks a predetermined artistic intention, everything that gives it freshness and authenticity.
| Who | Carlos Maciá | Born | Spain, 1977 |
| What | Artist | Artisticname | Carlos Maciá |
| Activity | Gathering Spain | Web | www.carlosmacia.com |
| Tel | +34 654505432 | info@carlosmacia.com |
Projects
Exhibitions (selection)
- “ST. Provisória” Carpe Diem, Arte e Pesquisa. Lisboa. Portugal. 2011 [solo show]
- “Read my mind” Galería SKL. Palma de Mallorca. Spain. 2011 [solo show]
- "Un disparo de advertencia" Lalín, Pontevedra. Spain. 2011
- “Lo efímero en el arte” Las Cigarreras, Alicante. Spain. 2011
- “Longitudes de onda” Espacio de Arte OTR. Madrid. Spain. 2011
- “Melodías prohibidas” Festival SOS 4.8. Murcia. Spain. 2011
- "Que de lejos parecen moscas" Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. México DF. México. 2011
- “Life in Technicolor” Galería Bacelos. Vigo. Spain. 2010 [solo show]
- "Look up! Natural Porto Art Show" Porto. Portugal. 2010
- "Ingràvid. Festival de Cultura Contemporánea del Ampordà" Figueres, Girona. Spain. 2010
- "Spain on the edge. Fragments of a narrative conflict" Instituto Cervantes. Chicago. USA. 2010
Awards and Scholarships (selection)
- Program of Artistic Production MATADERO 2011. Madrid. Spain
- Grant CAM 2009. Japan
- GENERACIÓN 2007. Caja Madrid. Spain
- Grant UNIÓN FENOSA 2006. NY, USA
- ABC 2006. ARCO. Madrid. Spain
