Carlos Aires

CARLOS AIRES IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS CRITICAL EXPLORATION OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND HIS EXAMINATION OF POWER REPRESENTATIONS. HIS WORK EMBRACES CONTRADICTORY ELEMENTS, CREATING A SPACE WHERE PAIN AND PLEASURE, PERVERSION AND PASSION, COEXIST. AIRES RE-CONTEXTUALIZES OBJECTS AND TRADITIONS FROM CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, USING TROMPE L'OEIL TECHNIQUES TO ENGAGE VIEWERS IN CONCEPTUAL REFLECTIONS ON EMERGING DYNAMICS IN GLOBAL CULTURE. AIRES HAS RECEIVED PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS AND EXHIBITED IN VARIOUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, WITH HIS WORK FEATURED IN SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE.