One of the most outstanding Spanish conceptual artists, Pep Agut specialised in photography and painting at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts between 1979 and 1984. After spending time in Cologne, he moved to Paris in 1991 at the invitation of the Cartier Foundation and returned to Barcelona in 1993. Since the end of the 1980s, Agut has worked with a variety of media – including photography, painting, installation and performance – in which he addresses art’s place as a space for the production of knowledge, the limits of representation and the use of language as a reflection on the role of the artist, the viewer and exhibition spaces from an architectural perspective. He has adopted a critical position with respect to culture as a commodity, in permanent dialogue with certain leading contemporary thinkers such as Michael Foucault, Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Lévinas. He combines his work as an artist with coordinating and participating in debates and conferences. He has also lectured at Barcelona University.
Pep Agut’s work has been shown at international events including the Venice Biennale (1993); Prospekt, SchirnKunsthalle (Frankfurt, Germany, 1996); the Sydney Biennale (1998); and Art Unlimited, Art Basel (Basel, Switzerland, 2004). His first solo show was in 1981 and since then he has exhibited at the Tel Aviv Art Museum (1992); Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier, France, 1997); Rochechouart Contemporary Art Museum (Limoges, France, 1997); Barcelona Contemporary Art Museum (2000); and Santa Mónica Art Centre (Barcelona, 2004).
One of the most outstanding Spanish conceptual artists, Pep Agut specialised in photography and painting at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts between 1979 and 1984. After spending time in Cologne, he moved to Paris in 1991 at the invitation of the Cartier Foundation and returned to Barcelona in 1993. Since the end of the 1980s, Agut has worked with a variety of media – including photography, painting, installation and performance – in which he addresses art’s place as a space for the production of knowledge, the limits of representation and the use of language as a reflection on the role of the artist, the viewer and exhibition spaces from an architectural perspective. He has adopted a critical position with respect to culture as a commodity, in permanent dialogue with certain leading contemporary thinkers such as Michael Foucault, Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Lévinas. He combines his work as an artist with coordinating and participating in debates and conferences. He has also lectured at Barcelona University.
Pep Agut’s work has been shown at international events including the Venice Biennale (1993); Prospekt, SchirnKunsthalle (Frankfurt, Germany, 1996); the Sydney Biennale (1998); and Art Unlimited, Art Basel (Basel, Switzerland, 2004). His first solo show was in 1981 and since then he has exhibited at the Tel Aviv Art Museum (1992); Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier, France, 1997); Rochechouart Contemporary Art Museum (Limoges, France, 1997); Barcelona Contemporary Art Museum (2000); and Santa Mónica Art Centre (Barcelona, 2004).