Carmen Calvo

Carmen Calvo - The time to think nº5

Technique: Mixed media, collage, Print

Artist Biography: Carmen Calvo Sáenz de Tejada was born in Valencia on April 7, 1950. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos de Valencia and soon began to stand out in the art world thanks to her multifaceted work.Calvo became one of the most relevant conceptual artists in Spain, characterized by a strong social criticism and a very personal vision of the world. Her work is based on the recovery of everyday and cultural elements of society, with a very own aesthetic characterized by the use of various technical and thematic resources.Throughout her career, Calvo has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries and national and international art centers. In 2013, she received the National Plastic Arts Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport in recognition of her career. In addition, in 2014 she was named an academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos of Valencia.Among the themes she addresses in her work are violence, oppression, identity, memory and popular culture. His style is characterized by the use of heterogeneous materials such as wood, found objects, photographs and paint. Calvo creates sculptures and collages that invite reflection on the world around us.Carmen Calvo is considered one of the most influential Spanish artists on the current scene, whose work continues to be studied and analyzed for its great relevance in the world of contemporary art.

 

CARMEN CALVO. Valencia (Spain), 1950. This artist who declares herself a fetishist and enthusiast of Luis Buñuel is, ultimately, a rescuer. Rescuing everyday materials, traces of time and signs of the present that she incorporates into her works, she has created a personal and recognizable plastic universe in which she gathers fragments of her surroundings and her interior, to build with them her vital and lyrical beliefs. His language, full of originality and nostalgia, envelops us in an evocative world, in a kind of homage to the closest history and its collective memory. Throughout his long professional career, he has had numerous exhibitions in various parts of Spain, USA, France, Holland, Mexico, Italy, among others, and his work can be found in a long list of museums such as the Marugame Hirai, Reina Sofia, R. Guggenheim,... In 2013 he received the National Plastic Arts Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport for the hybrid character of his creation and the varied use of materials and techniques. His long exhibition career and his commitment, unequivocally experimental, make up one of the most representative proposals of Spanish art today.