Aitor Ortiz

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Técnica: Aluminum printing with 70x70cm frame with anti -reflejo glass -75%UV

Biografía del Artista: Bilbao, Spain. 1971 Beyond documentary photography of architecture and industry, claiming the dilution factor and the transmutation of reality that is associated with photographic representation, Aitor Ortiz works with space, architecture and objects as elements that give rise to a series of visual and cognitive strangers. Ortiz is repeatedly interested in posing a series of dilemmas between representation and interpretation (perception) and establishes a relationship between the content of his images, the physical properties of the materials on which he reproduces his work and the position of the pieces in the exhibition space. Aitor Ortiz seeks to establish a broad spectrum of works and the relationships between the places photographed, the conscious and subconscious mechanisms involved in the process of manipulating an image: the eye (interpretation, frame, contextualization...), the camera (focus/blur, optical distortion, transmission of movement...) and the brain (the limitations of an imperfect artefact in the interpretation of data and empirical skills: experience, association of concepts...) that culminate in the exhibition space, where the physical experience once again transcends the content of his photographs as part of a process of constant interaction between representation and the perception of the viewer. His most recent solo exhibitions include those held at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (2011); Fotografiska (Swedish Museum of Photography, Stockholm, 2012) and the Community of Madrid at the Sala Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (2012). His work has earned him, among others, the City of Palma Prize, the ABC Photography Prize, the Grand Prize of Honor of the Alexandria Art Biennial (Egypt), and the First Prize of the Villa de Madrid Photography Prize. His works are part of collections such as MNCARS, La Caixa Foundation, ARTIUM, CAB, IVAM, AXXA, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, MACUF, Foto Colectania, Fundación Telefónica, etc.

Beyond documentary photography of architecture and industry, claiming the dilution factor and the transmutation of reality that is associated with photographic representation, Aitor Ortiz works with space, architecture and objects as elements that give rise to a series of visual and cognitive unknowns. Ortiz is repeatedly interested in posing a series of dilemmas between representation and interpretation (perception) and establishes a relationship between the content of his images, the physical properties of the materials on which he reproduces his work and the position of the pieces in the exhibition space. Aitor Ortiz seeks to establish a broad spectrum of works and the relationships between the photographed places, the conscious and subconscious mechanisms involved in the process of manipulating an image: the eye (interpretation, frame, contextualization...), the camera (focus/blur, optical distortion, transmission of movement...) and the brain (the limitations of an imperfect artefact in the interpretation of data and empirical skills: experience, association of concepts...) that culminate in the exhibition space, where the physical experience once again transcends the content of his photographs as part of a process of constant interaction between representation and the perception of the viewer. Among his most recent solo exhibitions are those held at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (2011); Fotografiska (Swedish Museum of Photography, Stockholm, 2012) and the Community of Madrid at the Sala Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (2012). His work has earned him, among others, the City of Palma Award, the ABC Photography Award, the Grand Prize of Honour at the Alexandria Art Biennial (Egypt), and the First Prize for the City of Madrid in photography. His works are part of collections such as MNCARS, the La Caixa Foundation, ARTIUM, CAB, IVAM, AXXA, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, MACUF, Foto Colectania, the Telefónica Foundation, etc. Estorninos focuses on the observation of the properties of structures and the questioning of their own nature, a recurring theme in Aitor Ortiz's work for years. Starlings consists of a series of photographs made from the formations created by large masses of birds which, isolated from their natural background, create patches on a blank canvas. The aim is to create a parallel through art of social behaviours and how they manifest themselves, and to be aware of the implicit difficulty or even inability when trying to represent and visualise (and therefore understand) complex structures.