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1952 Tarifa, Cadiz - 2023 Malaga, Spain. Known for: Abstract figure.
Chema Cobo (Tarifa, Cádiz, 1952 - Málaga, 2023) is a key painter in Spanish contemporary art. At the beginning, he was strongly related to the ‘Nueva Figuración Madrileña’ (New Figuration in Madrid).... Read full biography
Chema Cobo (Tarifa, Cádiz, 1952 - Málaga, 2023) is a key painter in Spanish contemporary art. At the beginning, he was strongly related to the ‘Nueva Figuración Madrileña’ (New Figuration in Madrid). In seventies he works in a playful way, but in the eighties his painting is based on rhetoric of... Read full biography
Chema Cobo (Tarifa, Cádiz, 1952 - Málaga, 2023) is a key painter in Spanish contemporary art. At the beginning, he was strongly related to the ‘Nueva Figuración Madrileña’ (New Figuration in Madrid). In seventies he works in a playful way, but in the eighties his painting is based on rhetoric of sublime and in baroque allegory, which performs the relationship between culture and memory. In fact, from eighties, Cobo takes distance with his initial influence and connects with international art... Read full biography
Chema Cobo (Tarifa, Cádiz, 1952 - Málaga, 2023) is a key painter in Spanish contemporary art. At the beginning, he was strongly related to the ‘Nueva Figuración Madrileña’ (New Figuration in Madrid). In seventies he works in a playful way, but in the eighties his painting is based on rhetoric of sublime and in baroque allegory, which performs the relationship between culture and memory. In fact, from eighties, Cobo takes distance with his initial influence and connects with international art movements such as neo-impressionism and transavantgarde.??The artist insists on using conceptual approaches for creating his paintings. Cobo’s art is both intense and extensive so it must be organized into different stages. In each of the stages, he... Read full biography
Chema Cobo (Tarifa, Cádiz, 1952 - Málaga, 2023) is a key painter in Spanish contemporary art. At the beginning, he was strongly related to the ‘Nueva Figuración Madrileña’ (New Figuration in Madrid). In seventies he works in a playful way, but in the eighties his painting is based on rhetoric of sublime and in baroque allegory, which performs the relationship between culture and memory. In fact, from eighties, Cobo takes distance with his initial influence and connects with international art movements such as neo-impressionism and transavantgarde.??The artist insists on using conceptual approaches for creating his paintings. Cobo’s art is both intense and extensive so it must be organized into different stages. In each of the stages, he employs a wide range of stylish resources. He is attracted to the verba... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Self-Portrait
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Figure Specialty