Abel Azcona

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Azcona and the second or maternal family name is Marcos.
Abel Azcona
Abel Azcona
Born
Abel Luján Gutierrez

(1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 36)
Madrid, Spain
Known forPerformance Art, Process Art, Body Art
Notable work
MovementConceptual art, Performance Art, Process Art
Websiteabelazcona.art

Abel David Azcona Marcos (born 1 April 1988) is a Spanish artist, specializing in performance art.[1][2][3] His work includes installations,[4] sculptures,[5] and video art.[6] He is known as the "enfant terrible" of Spanish contemporary art.[7] His first works dealt with personal identity, violence and the limits of pain; his later works are of a more critical, political and social nature.[8]

Azcona's works have been exhibited at the Venetian Arsenal, the Contemporary Art Center in Málaga,[9] the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art,[10] the Houston Art League,[11] the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York[12] and the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.[13] His work has also been exhibited at the Asian Art Biennale in Dhaka and Taipei,[14] the Lyon Biennale,[15] the Miami International Performance Festival[16] and the Bangladesh Live Art Biennale.[17] The Bogotá Museum of Contemporary Art dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him in 2014.[18][19]

  1. ^ Pariante, Fabio (2020). "Unbound: Abel Azcona". Frontrunner Art Magazine. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Contemporay Art Museum, Bogotá (2013). "Political Bodies – Abel Azcona". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  3. ^ López Landabaso 2017, p. 379.
  4. ^ García García, Óscar (April 25, 2016). "Las últimas horas de Abel Azcona". Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo. Archived from the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Makma, Revista de Artes Visuales y Cultura Contemporánea (August 7, 2014). "Abel Azcona inaugura Donostiartean". Makma Revista de Artes Visuales y Cultura Contemporánea. Archived from the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Europa, Press (December 17, 2013). "El Gallery Weekend Santander se despide este sábado en Enclave Pronillo". Europa Press. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Corroto, Paula (June 16, 2019). "The 'enfant terrible' of Spanish contemporary art Abel Azcona: "I feel more a son of a prostitute or a mentally ill person than an artist"". El Confidencial. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  8. ^ Criado Santos, Brezo (June 28, 2019). "Abel Azcona: "España es un país de tabúes"". Cadena Ser (in Spanish). España. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  9. ^ López, A. J. (January 31, 2013). "Abel Azcona, meat of consumption in the Contemporary Art Center of Málaga". Diario Sur. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  10. ^ Fragozo Caro, Jesús (November 10, 2014). "The adventures of Abel Azcona". El Espectador. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  11. ^ Davenport, Bill (February 26, 2014). "Lone Star Performance Explosion: Some of Night 2". Glasstire Texas Visual Art. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  12. ^ SCAN (September 20, 2014). "Someone Else by Abel Azcona in New York". Scan Spanish Contemporary Art Network. Archived from the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  13. ^ Muñoz Clemente 2016, p. 266.
  14. ^ Daily, Sun (September 7, 2018). "Performance Art Mesmerises Audience At 18th Asian Art Biennale". Daily Sun. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  15. ^ Liberatorio (September 21, 2013). "Abel Azcona in Lyon Biennale". Liberatorio. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  16. ^ "Miami International Performance Art Festival 2013". Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  17. ^ Daily Star Staff (February 1, 2017). "Dhaka Int'l Live Art Biennale sets off today". The Daily Star. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  18. ^ García García, Oscar (October 30, 2014). "Retrospective of Abel Azcona in the Contemporary Art Museum". Contemporary Art Platform. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  19. ^ Contemporary Art Museum, Bogota. "Abel Azcona - No Deseado". Contemporary Art Museum of Bogota. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.