Jaime Pitarch

Born 1963 in Barcelona, Spain

 

Pitarch works in the diverse media of sculpture, video, drawing, photography, and installation. At the heart of all his projects is the transformation of everyday objects: directly, in the case of his reconfigured chairs, tables, guitars etc., or in actions documented by the camera. While his work often appears bathetic and destined to infernal repetition, Pitarch proposes the beauty of the humble action as one laced with radical potential. The result is a body of work of rare humor, poignancy and bristling critical energy.

 



Jaime Pitarch, Chernobyl, 2007, Deconstructed and reconstructed matrioshka doll, 27.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm