Carles Congost (born 1970 in

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) is a

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visual artist. With a degree in Arts by the

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, he has done many solo exhibits in

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. In his pieces uses various visual and audio procedures such as video, photography, drawing and sculpture. His work has been associated with the so-called club culture that is characterized by an aesthetic inspired by the world of fashion, music, advertising, video and photography. His works are stories that evoke ironic and sensual teenager universe. He is considered to be descendants of the best Catalan tradition of conceptual art in the field of video creation.Badia, Montse. Sessió contínua xposició col·lectiva 1. ed. Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona, 2005.

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