Antoni Abad
{{short description|Spanish artist (born 1956)}}
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Antoni Abad i Roses (born 1956 in Lleida) is a Spanish artist. He began his career as a sculptor, and evolved over time towards video art and later in net.art and other forms of new media,Nadal Gaya, Juan Manuel. Diccionari de pintors, escultors, gravadors i dibuixants: l'art a la Lleida del segle XX. 1a. ed.. Lleida: Pagès, 2003, p. 46-49. {{ISBN|84-7935-998-6}}. including electronic literature.{{Cite book |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839411308/html |title=Reading Moving Letters: Digital Literature in Research and Teaching. A Handbook |date=2010-12-31 |publisher=transcript Verlag |isbn=978-3-8376-1130-4 |editor-last=Simanowski |editor-first=Roberto |pages=354 |doi=10.1515/9783839411308 |editor-last2=Schäfer |editor-first2=Jörgen |editor-last3=Gendolla |editor-first3=Peter}}
Biography
Abad was born in 1956 in Lleida, Spain.{{cite book|author=Gianfranco Maraniello|title=Art in Europe: 1990-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKVPAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Skira|isbn=978-88-8491-111-7}}{{cite book|title=Cyberarts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAYnAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Springer}}[http://www.macba.cat/en/10-years-of-megafone-net Antoni Abad] Abad's artistic training began with the teachings of his father, followed by a degree in Art History from the University of Barcelona (1979), and studies of engraving in Cuenca, London and Perugia.
Art career
His work has evolved away from a traditional sculptural practice[http://chisenhale.org.uk/archive/exhibitions/index.php?id=159 Archive Past Exhibitions Antoni Abad and Pete Lloyd Lewis | Chisenhale Gallery]{{cite book|author1=Rosalía Torrent|author2=Enriqueta Antolín|author2-link=Enriqueta Antolín|title=A century of Spanish art abroad: Spanish art at the Venice Biennale 1895-2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQnqAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|isbn=9788475066110}} to the use of new technologies, and in particular the creation of community-based artworks using cell phones.{{cite book|author1=Alex Frame|author2=Gilles Brachotte|title=Citizen Participation and Political Communication in a Digital World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mafhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA162|date=6 November 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-38855-5|pages=162–}}{{cite book|author1=Helmut K Anheier|author2=Yudhishthir Raj Isar|title=Cultures and Globalization: Cultural Expression, Creativity and Innovation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLcaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT653|date=21 January 2010|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4739-0379-1|pages=653–}} He moved also from photography to video art, followed by interest in computers Net.art. He uses Internet as a creative & research platform. Antoni Abad's expresses the desire to formal experimentation around the concepts of space and time, always present in his work, not exempt lately of certain ironic and critical aspects.Gabarrell, Francesc. «[http://emp-web-07.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultListView/result.t2.artist_list.$TspTitleLink$1.link&sp=10&sp=Sartist&sp=SfilterDefinition&sp=0&sp=0&sp=3&sp=SsimpleList&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=F&sp=T&sp=0 Abad Roses, Antoni] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419130713/http://emp-web-07.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultListView/result.t2.artist_list.$TspTitleLink$1.link%26sp=10%26sp=Sartist%26sp=SfilterDefinition%26sp=0%26sp=0%26sp=3%26sp=SsimpleList%26sp=0%26sp=Sdetail%26sp=0%26sp=F%26sp=T%26sp=0 |date=2013-04-19 }}». Índex d'artistes del Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (website).
Exhibitions
Some of his most important exhibits:
- 1986 — Espai 10 (Fundació Joan Miró) Escultures mal·leables{{cite book|title=Cultura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e68jAQAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura}}
- 1991 — Premi d'Arts Plàstiques Medalla Morera. Museu d'Art Jaume Morera. June
- 1997 — Medidas de emergencia. Espacio Uno, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid.
- 1999 — Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires & Venice Biennale.{{cite book|author1=Harald Szeemann|author2=Cecilia Liveriero Lavelli|title=48a esposizione internationale d'arte: la Biennale di Venezia : dAPERTutto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IU0AQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Biennale di Venezia|isbn=978-88-208-0414-5}}
- 2003 — The Real Royal Trip. P.S.1. – Museum of Modern Art, New York.{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7640479?selectedversion=NBD26380415|title = Trove}}
- 2006 — Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona.
- 2014 — megafone.net/2004-2014, MACBA.
- 2017 — Venice Biennale.[http://www.artribune.com/turismo/2017/05/blindwiki-in-biennale-scoprire-venezia-in-barca-sul-filo-dei-racconti-dei-non-vedenti/ BlindWiki, Venezia raccontata dai non vedenti | Artribune][http://www.llull.cat/english/actualitat/notes_premsa_detall.cfm?id=33543&url=the-catalan-nomination-at-art-exhibition-of-venice-biennale-by-artist-antoni-abad-will-be-curated-by-mery-cuesta-and-roc-pares.html The Catalan nomination at the Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, by the artist Antoni Abad, will be curated by Mery Cuesta and Roc Parés - Institut Ramon Llull - Institut ...]
Awards
- Premi d'Arts Plàstiques Medalla Morera (medal) 1990
- Premi Ciutat de Barcelona (City of Barcelona Prize) in the category of Multimedia (2002) for his work Z, shown in Metrònom and Centre d'Art Santa Monica
- Golden Nica at Ars Electronica[http://www.aec.at/ Ars Electronica] within the category of virtual communities in 2006. Considered the most important prize in the world in terms of art and new technologies.
- Premi Nacional d'Arts Visuals (National Prize for Visual Arts) in 2006 given by the Government of Catalonia.
References
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Category:Spanish contemporary artists
Category:Spanish video artists