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Alberto Corazón Climent (21 January 1942 – 10 February 2021) was a Spanish multidisciplinary artist who combined graphic design, sculpture, painting, and photography into his works. Some of his works are housed at contemporary museums including
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, Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, and
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. He worked as a graphic designer for clients including the organizations
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,
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, Anaya,
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,
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, and
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. He was inducted as the member of the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal aca ...
in 2006.


Early life

Corazón was born on 21 January 1942 in Madrid. He studied at the
Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...
graduating in economics and sociology in 1965.


Career

Corazón started his career in 1965, designing posters and publishing. He co-founded the Spanish publishing house, New Science. He went on to pursue industrial design and was a multidisciplinary artist combining sculpting, painting, design and photography to his works. Some of his work as a graphic designer was for Spanish organizations including Anaya,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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's Domo telephone. Among the designs that he worked on through his career were those for the
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, and the National Theatre Company. In addition, he worked on posters, sculptures and other artwork that were displayed in exhibitions across Europe. Some of Corazón's public sculptural work is in Madrid,
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,
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,
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, as well as in
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,
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (; ; English: "Valencian Institute of Modern Art"), also known by the acronym IVAM, was the first center of modern art in Spain, opening in 1989 in the city of Valencia. The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern is a ...
,
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum (Spanish: ''Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao'', Basque language, Basque: ''Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa'') is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao, Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the c ...
, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid. His artistic style was described as Conceptual art, where the concept or theme takes precedence over traditional aesthetic and form. He documented part of his vision in an article titled "Conceptual Art in alternate spaces". He partnered with Torres Muntadas on ''Proyecto Documentos (''Project Documents) in 1972. This work alongside ''Leer la imagen (''Reading the Image) was considered indispensable to understanding the artistic expressions of pre-democratic Spain. Referencing his work, the Spanish newspaper ''
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'', called him ''el diseño de la democracia'' (the designer of democracy), referring to the role that Corazón played in Spanish design when the country was going through the transition from dictatorship to democracy after the death of
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in 1975. Specifically, Corazón's designs at the time of the transition represented the new images and messages that conveyed the advent of democracy. He was considered one of the fathers of graphic modernization by Spanish institutions at the end of the dictatorship. Works from this period were exhibited at the
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in 1976, at
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as a part of the
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in 1978, at the Alexander Iolas Gallery in New York in 1979. He was the curator of ''Signos del Siglo: 100 años de Diseño Gráfico en España'' at the
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía The ''Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía'' ("Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre"; MNCARS) is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. I ...
, which showcased graphic design over the previous one hundred years in Spain. He remained active through the 2000s with multiple touring exhibitions within Spain and internationally. Corazón was a recipient of a gold medal from the
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, and was noted as the only European designer to have received this honor. He also received the ''Premio Nacional de Diseño'', the Spanish national design award, in 1989. He was an elected member of the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal aca ...
in 2006. Some of his other honors include the Barcelona ADG-FAO Prize, the British Design Award, the Council of Europe Alliance Award, the Design Council International Award, and the New York Arts Director Club Award.


Death

Corazón died on 10 February 2021, aged 79. A statement from the Spanish prime minister
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, called him a "key figure in Spanish art and design, his immense creativity contributed to redrawing the image of our country during the transition".


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References

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