Elena Asins, the "mother" of the Spanish conceptual art died at the age of 75 years
The Madrid artist, one of the leaders of conceptual art in Spain and National Arts Award in 2011, died in Naverre at the age of 75 years.
This afternoon has died at his home in Azpiroz (Pamplona) and at the age of 75 years Asins Elena, one of the reference names of conceptual art in Spain, as reported by the gallery owner Juana de Aizpuru.
Asins, artist, writer, lecturer and art critic, born in Madrid in 1940. She studied at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, at the University of Stuttgart (Semiotics with professor Max Bense) in the Complutense University of Madrid (Centro Calculation), at The New School for Social Research (New York) and Columbia University (Department of Computer Science: Computer Art), where he was invited as a Visiting Scholar for Research of the line of fine arts ( art digital computer application).
In 1988 he won the prize primer Zeitscrift für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe (Germany). Her work is in museums and private and public collections, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, the Museum of Abstract Art of Cuenca, the Fine Arts Museum of Alava and the IVAM. In 2006 the Council of Ministers of Spain awarded her with the Golden Medal Merit in Fine Arts. In 2011 he was awarded scammers National Arts Award. She had recently participated in Pinta Miami 2015 with Angustia Gallery’s solo project.
