Ángel Mateo Charris known as Charris (born 1962 in Cartagena,

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) is a Spanish painter. His work is included in the figurative line that has been called "neometaphysical" to which other artists of his generation belong such as Gonzalo Sicre, Joel Mestre, Dis Berlin and others.

Biography

Charris was born in Cartagena on May 10, 1962, and graduated from the San Carlos Fine Arts College (Valencia) in 1985. During the 80s he participated in various collective exhibitions. In 1988 he first travels to

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, getting in contact with the paintings of

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and the artists of the

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. In 1989 he was awarded the Young Photographers National Competition from the Spanish Youth Institute. In 1997, with Gonzalo Sicre, he edited the book "In the Footsteps of Hopper". In 1999, the IVAM dedicates a major exhibition to him in its Centro del Carmen.

Works

Charris' style is heavily influenced by comics, pop art, comic visual language, noir cinema, and certain classical authors, among them and especially,

. In his works, it is also very common to see references to art history, as well as certain literary links. His works are also characterized by constant references to the History of Art and approaches to postmodernism. His work references Spilliaert, Ruscha, Rothko, Morandi, and De Chirico; he demonstrably has a preference for travel literature. His work is in collections such as Fundación Argentaria, Coca-Cola Foundation, Bancaixa Collection, Collection Testimoni La Caixa, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, the IVAM, Artium of Vitoria and others.

Major exhibitions

The most important monographic exhibitions that have been made about his work are: * 'Who's afraid of the Turner Prize'. T20 Gallery. Murcia. May 2010 Ángel Mateo Charris: "It was like giving my body to the spirits of others"
La Verdad, May 25, 2010
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References

External links

Charris websiteGallery My Name's Lolita ArtArticle in the Spend-in magazine
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