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CARLOS AIRES

Summertime, and the Livin’ is Easy

18. august - 22. september 2018



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PRESS RELEASE / August 2018

CARLOS AIRES

Summertime, and the Livin’ is Easy

August 18 - September 22, 2018

Livin’ is easy and Sweet Dreams - It’s summertime, and we try to not have a care in the world. But just under the surface - or in Carlos Aires’ works “the other side of the coin” - we find crisis, power structures and punctures. Summertime, and the Livin’ is Easy is Spanish Artist Carlos Aires’ first solo exhibition in SPECTA. In video, installation, collage and object Carlos Aires confronts us with the ambiguity of our world order and the constant presence of money, be it specifically as the collages are made of original banknotes or abstract as symbols of dreams, power and both moral and physical decay. The contrast between the state and the individual, between reality and dream and between richer and poorer is the overall topic. And from balloons and wall-paper the founding fathers of our civilizations are keeping a close eye on us. In his video Sweet Dreams Are Made of This we see two policemen wearing anti-riot uniforms. They are dancing a tango versi-on of the 1980’ties pop song Sweet Dreams Are Made of This by Eurythmics in the luxurious, guilded space of the XIX century Museo Cerralbo in Madrid. Initially a dance often between two men, the Tango developed in Argentina and Uruguay in a cultu-ral mix of locals and African, Italian and Hispanic immigrants in the poor neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Showing us the policemen in their anti-riot uniforms as Aires does in his video is illegal in Spain. The government made the anti-democratic “Gag-rule” two years ago, as a result of numerous protests. The rule made it illegal to take photos, videos or make any form of visual record of police forces or police uniforms without the Government’s permission. The video brings out the darker side of the “free world” and overall, the ambiguity in the video points to recent years’ crisis in western societies and questions our means, our goals our fears and our desires. In his ongoing and comprehensive series Disasters (2013-) Carlos Aires juxtaposes single banknotes with photos taken from mass media of an event that has taken place in the country where the note came from. They point out the power structures and the relation between the state - the banknote being the ultimate symbol of a state - and the individual, who rebels against or suffers from that same society. Carlos Aires has stated, that “(…) Money is the only link between all catastrophes and dis-asters generated by humans, including many of the seemingly natural ones. (….)” By destroying the original bank notes Carlos Aires punctures the strongest symbols of national states and he even questions the value of his own work and the market it is set of to take part in. Wrapped around the words of pop songs and showing off their attractive vivid colors, the finely cut banknotes of Carlos Aires’ works lure us in and confront us with the machiavellian nature of our time.

Carlos Aires (ES/1974) was educated between Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium and USA. Upcoming exhibition: Sweet dreams are made of this. Museo Cerralbo, Madrid, Spain. Recent solo exhibitions count (selected) 2017 Mar Negro, CDAN. Huesca, Spain 2016 Sweet dreams are made of this. El Tanque, Tenerife, Spain, 2015 Sweet dreams are made of this. Mauroner gallery, Vienna, Austria, 2014 This is not just fucking business. ADN gallery. Barcelona, Spain. Aires is represented in numerous public collections a.o. Artium (Spain), MACBA (Spain), Fondation Francais (France), ARTER (Turkey), CAC (Spain) Maison Particulaire (Belgium), Progress Art (Saudi Arabia) and 21C Museum (USA)



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CARLOS AIRES (ES / 1976)

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), 2015

190 x 135 x 7 cm.

Original banknotes from the 30 richest countries in the world (Based on the GPD 2014)

passepartout, wooden frame covered with gold leaf, golden pins, anti reflective glass.

Edition 2 (of 3 + 2 ap)



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Wallpaper

Customized wallpaper



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EL OJO QUE TODO LO VE / ALL SEEING EYE, 2018

App. 122 x 43 x 12 cm

polished bronze

edition 2 (of 5 + 2 ap)



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Sweet Dreams are made of this, 2016

Video

Variable Dimensions

Projection on wall or screen

4,21 min.

Edition 3(of 5 + 2 ap)



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Love is in the Air V (lizard edition), 2016

Ø 200 cm

vinyl record silhouettes, lizards made in plexiglass, transparent plexiglass pieces, screws, dj box.

Unique




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Staying alive (vinyl edition), 2010

45 x 45 cm (incl. frame)

Vinyl record, golden mirror plexiglass, black wooden vitrine.




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1. Desastre III-2 . Ed. 2 AP

2. Desastres XII. Ed. 4/5

3. Desastres Turcos 1. Ed. 1 ap

4. Desastre XXV. Ed. 2 AP

5. Desastre XXIX. Ed. 2 AP

6. Desastre XXXVIII. Ed. 2 AP

7. Desastre XL. Ed. 2 AP

8. Desastre XLIX. Ed. 1 AP

9. Desastre L. Ed. 1 AP

10. Desastre LI. Ed. 2 AP

11. Desastre LV. Ed. 5/5

12. Desastre LX. Ed. 2 AP

13. Desastre LXXXIV. Ed. 4/5

14. Desastre XCII. Ed. 5/5

15. Desastre CIX. Ed. 5/5

16. Desastre CXXXIV. Ed. 2/5

17. Desastre CXXXVII. Ed. 2/5

18. Desastre CI, 2014

Works from the ongoing series ”DESASTRES (DISASTERS)”, each sized 25 x 33 x 3,5 cm. (framed).

Digital print on “Fine Art Hahnemuler” paper, original bill, cardboard, passepartout, hand-dyed wooden frame

with antireflective museum glass.



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19. Desastre CXXXVIII. Ed. 3/5

20. Desastre CXLI. Ed. 1 AP

21. Desastre CXLVIII. Ed. 2/5

22. Desastre CLIV-154. Ed. 1/5

23. Desastre LXIX. Ed. 1 AP

24. Desastre III-10. Ed. 1 AP

25. Desastre CLII-152. Ed. 1/5

26. Desastre CLIII-153. Ed. 1/5

27. Desastre XCV, 2014

28. Desastre CXXXII. Ed. 2ap

29. Desastre III, 2013

30. Desastre CXXXVI. Ed. 2/5

31. Desastre 1-4, 2014

32. Desastre VII. Turkish Series

33. Desastre LIX, 2014

34. Desastre LXXVIII, 2014

35. Desastre LXXXI, 2014

36. Desastre XXXV, 2014

37. Desastre CXLX, 2018

38. Desastre CLV, 2018

39. Even After All #6



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WHAT ́S THE PRICE OF A DREAM?, 2014

27 x 105 x 6 cm (framed)

Original banknotes, passepartout, golden pins, wooden frame with gold leaf and anti reflective museum glass.

edition 2/3 (of 3 + 1 ap)



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LOVE IS IN THE AIR (crisis edition), 2014

25 x 68 x 6 cm (incl. frame)

Original banknotes, passepartout, golden pins, wooden frame with gold leaf and anti reflective museum glass.

Copy 1 AP (of 3 + 1 ap)



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MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND III, 2013

103 x 103 x 7 cm (framed)

Original banknotes from 30 richest countries in the world (based on the GDP),

cardboard, golden pins, passepartout, wooden frame with old leaf and anti reflective museum glass.




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Summertime (by Janis Joplin), 2011

55,5 x 47,5 x 4 cm (framed)

Photographic print on “fine art Hahnemühle” paper, gold leaf

edition 4/10



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CARLOS AIRES

(ES / 1976)

Balloons

Ø45 cm and Ø 76 cm

Silkscreen print on foil balloons



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Love is in the Air (Volta edition), 2011

75 x 42 cm

ed. 1 ap (of 20 + 2 ap, unique versions)



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