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Born 1940. Known for: Mixed-media artwork, abstract landscape, figurative drawing, wall sculpture.
Carlos Poveda is a Latin American artist currently living in Paris, France. He became known through his figurative drawings, described by critics as "expressionist", early during the sixties when he... Read full biography
Carlos Poveda is a Latin American artist currently living in Paris, France. He became known through his figurative drawings, described by critics as "expressionist", early during the sixties when he had several one man shows throughout the American Continent, where he obtained important prizes at... Read full biography
Carlos Poveda is a Latin American artist currently living in Paris, France. He became known through his figurative drawings, described by critics as "expressionist", early during the sixties when he had several one man shows throughout the American Continent, where he obtained important prizes at the VIII Sao Paulo Art Biennial, Brazil, and in Costa Rica, his country of birth, where he was awarded a National Prize for painting. As an artist always interested in pictorial research, during the... Read full biography
Carlos Poveda is a Latin American artist currently living in Paris, France. He became known through his figurative drawings, described by critics as "expressionist", early during the sixties when he had several one man shows throughout the American Continent, where he obtained important prizes at the VIII Sao Paulo Art Biennial, Brazil, and in Costa Rica, his country of birth, where he was awarded a National Prize for painting. As an artist always interested in pictorial research, during the seventies he overstepped his well known world, and from paper he went on to explore the possibilities of canvas doing imaginary landscapes, extremely sparse but rich in textures, a species of collage and construction that would lead him to... Read full biography
Carlos Poveda is a Latin American artist currently living in Paris, France. He became known through his figurative drawings, described by critics as "expressionist", early during the sixties when he had several one man shows throughout the American Continent, where he obtained important prizes at the VIII Sao Paulo Art Biennial, Brazil, and in Costa Rica, his country of birth, where he was awarded a National Prize for painting. As an artist always interested in pictorial research, during the seventies he overstepped his well known world, and from paper he went on to explore the possibilities of canvas doing imaginary landscapes, extremely sparse but rich in textures, a species of collage and construction that would lead him to tridimensionality a few years later, when the supports became woods and plastics. Early in the nineties, Poveda created "wall sculptures" of vegetati... Read full biography
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Carlos Poveda is a Latin American artist currently living in Paris, France. He became known through his figurative drawings, described by critics as "expressionist", early during the sixties when he had several one man shows throughout the American Continent, where he obtained important prizes at the VIII Sao Paulo Art Biennial, Brazil, and in Costa Rica, his country of birth, where he was awarded a National Prize for painting.
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