Alberto Corazón (1942-2021)

Born Place: Madrid Creative environment: Madrid, Artist's website Artist Web Formation:

Studied Sociology and Economic Sciences (1960). Founder of Editorial Ciencia Nueva. Chairman and founder of the Asociación Española de Profesionales del Diseño [Spanish Association of Design Professionals]. He is currently a member of the European Parliament Advisory Committee on Graphic Communication.

Awards and Honours:
  • ABOUT THE ARTIST

National Design Award in 1989. Gold Medal Award of the Arts Directors Club, New York. Gold Award of the Designers Association of London, American Institute of Graphic Arts Award. 'Descubrir el Arte' Award for Artistic Career (2011). Member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts (2006).


His prolific work and passion for all aspects of the world of publishing are expressed through drawing, painting, sculpture and even pieces of jewellery. As a versatile designer and artist he has transformed his astonishing designs skills into works of art. Oils, prints and sculptures in aluminium or bronze are intrinsic elements of his rich legacy. Iconic pieces of extraordinary creativity and the outcome of an entire life of focusing on what lies beyond what our eyes perceive. His international career is acknowledged through an endless list of awards and exhibitions.


EXHIBITIONS


2012. Recogimiento [Retreat]. Capa Esculturas. Madrid.


2009. Voces y Signos [Voices and Signs]. Caja de Burgos and Chapter of Burgos Cathedral.


Alberto Corazón: obra conceptual, pintura y escultura [conceptual work, painting and sculpture]. Museum of Fine Arts. Hanói, Vietnam.


Alberto Corazón: obra conceptual, pintura y escultura [conceptual work, painting and sculpture]. Museum of Contemporary Art. Shanghai, China.


2008. Pinturas 2007 [Paintings]. Marlborough Gallery. Madrid.


Alberto Corazón: obra conceptual, pintura y escultura [conceptual work, painting and sculpture]. IVAM, Valencia.


2004. Painting & Sculptures. 1992-2002. César Manrique Foundation, Lanzarote.


Paintings and Sculptures. 1992-2002. El Baluarte, Pamplona.


Inscripción de la memoria [Inscription of Memory] (painting and sculpture retrospective). Seacex. Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. Amman, Jordania.


Inscripción de la memoria [Inscription of Memory] (painting and sculpture retrospective). Seacex. National Museum of Modern Art. Tehran, Iran.


2003. Las Tres Dimensiones de El Quijote [The Three Dimensions of Don Quixote]. Collective exhibition.


Solsticios [Solstice]. Marlborough Gallery. Madrid.


Paintings and Sculptures. 1992-2002. Museum of Contemporary Art, Ibiza.


Paintings and Sculptures. 1992-2002. CAM, Alicante.


Paintings & Sculptures. 1992-2002. Palacio de Caja-Cantabria, Santander.


Paintings & Sculptures. 1992-2002. Arco de Santa María. Burgos.


Paintings & Sculptures. 1992-2002. Sala Amós Salvador. Logroño.


Inscripción de la memoria [Inscription of Memory] (painting and sculpture retrospective). Seacex. National Museum of Damascus, Syria.


2002. Painting & Sculptures. 1992-2002. Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid.


Paintings and Sculptures. 1992-2002. Palacio del Almudí, Murcia.


Paintings. Galería Art Nueve. Murcia.


La mano se mueve [The moving hand]. Galería Antonia Puyó, Zaragoza.


1999. Wurth Museum Stuttgart.


1992. Estrategias del agrimensor [Strategies of the surveyor]. Collection of paintings and sculptures in an industrial space. Madrid.


1979. Alexander Iolas Gallery. New York.


1978. Paris Biennale.1997. Siete mil años de escultura moderna [Seven thousand years of modern sculpture]. Galería Elvira González. Madrid.


. Venice Biennale, along with Tàpies and Equipo Crónica.


PUBLICATIONS


Cuaderno del nómada. Madrid, TF. Editores, 1993.


El mapa no es el territorio. Lanzarote, Fundación César Manrique, 1997.


Nolibro. Madrid, TF. Editores, 2000.


Damasco Suite. Murcia, Ahora Ediciones de Bibliofilia, 2005 (prints and text by Alberto Corazón, prologue by Vicente Verdú).


El bodegón habla de otras cosas. Madrid, Antonio Machado Libros, 2005.


Palabra e Icono: Signos. Madrid, Real Academia de San Fernando, 2006.


Aire, fuego, tierra, agua. Madrid, La Fábrica, 2007.


Una mirada en palabras. Barcelona, Seix Barral, 2008.


Imágenes y signos. Una experiencia transversal. Cátedra de Jorge Oteiza. Universidad Pública de Navarra, 2011.


SOLO PUBLICATIONS


Alberto Corazón. Painting & Sculptures. 1992-2002. TF. Editores. Madrid, 2002.


Alberto Corazón. Obra Conceptual, pintura y escultura. 1968 – 2008. IVAM 2008.


Oscuro es el canto [Singing is dark]. Paintings and sculptures by Alberto Corazón using the Canciones del Alma [Songs of the Soul] by San Juan de la Cruz. Úbeda, 2009


Oscuro es el canto [Singing is dark]. Paintings and sculptures by Alberto Corazón using the Canciones del Alma [Songs of the Soul] by San Juan de la Cruz. Travelling exhibition with the Instituto Cervantes through the cities of Stockholm, Belgrade, Milan and Palermo, 2011.


Interview with the artist.


Alberto Corazón


19 February 2016


"To stay present in the art world you must value, above everything else, the extraordinary thing that is life"


 


Works by Alberto Corazón

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