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Óscar Seco's highly personal style is characterized by an atmosphere that is both dreamlike, humorous and critical, as his works are filled with representations of both current events and major historical events. His work is expressed through painting, sculpture and also scale models.

Within scenes of the Spanish Civil War, World War II or Nordic landscapes typical of Brueghel, you can find comic characters - like a disillusioned Superman - giant pigeons or even toys that are situated in infernal or outdated settings. A societal critique is shown through elements that are both satirical and naïve at the same time, since the world of geopolitics is mixed with that of surrealism and childhood: the imagination of the viewer is almost automatically positioned vis-à-vis such visions.

When Óscar Seco was awarded the unanimous vote of the Focus-Abengoa Prize jury in his thirtieth edition, and endowed with 24,000 euros, they said of his painting that he "addresses a disturbing personal mythology, interwoven with visual paradoxes that he has managed to assemble in a coherent manner and with pictorial skill capable of integrating appropriations that cover both the history of art and the world of comics'.


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All artworks of Óscar Seco
Design, Seres imaginarios (1), Óscar Seco

Seres imaginarios (1)

Óscar Seco

Design - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$1,220

Painting, Vamosamorirtodos (7), Óscar Seco

Vamosamorirtodos (7)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm

$7,115

Design, Seres imaginarios (3), Óscar Seco

Seres imaginarios (3)

Óscar Seco

Design - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$1,220

Design, Seres imaginarios (4), Óscar Seco

Seres imaginarios (4)

Óscar Seco

Design - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$1,220

Design, Seres imaginarios (2), Óscar Seco

Seres imaginarios (2)

Óscar Seco

Design - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$1,220

Painting, Perros on fire (5), Óscar Seco

Perros on fire (5)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm

$2,846

Painting, Perros on fire (2), Óscar Seco

Perros on fire (2)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm

$2,846

Painting, Perros on fire (4), Óscar Seco

Perros on fire (4)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm

$2,846

Painting, Vamosamorirtodos (1), Óscar Seco

Vamosamorirtodos (1)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm

$3,557

Painting, Perros on fire (3), Óscar Seco

Perros on fire (3)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm

$2,846

Painting, Perros on fire (7), Óscar Seco

Perros on fire (7)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm

$7,115

Painting, Perros on fire (6), Óscar Seco

Perros on fire (6)

Óscar Seco

Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm

$7,115

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Who is the artist?

Óscar Seco's highly personal style is characterized by an atmosphere that is both dreamlike, humorous and critical, as his works are filled with representations of both current events and major historical events. His work is expressed through painting, sculpture and also scale models.

Within scenes of the Spanish Civil War, World War II or Nordic landscapes typical of Brueghel, you can find comic characters - like a disillusioned Superman - giant pigeons or even toys that are situated in infernal or outdated settings. A societal critique is shown through elements that are both satirical and naïve at the same time, since the world of geopolitics is mixed with that of surrealism and childhood: the imagination of the viewer is almost automatically positioned vis-à-vis such visions.

When Óscar Seco was awarded the unanimous vote of the Focus-Abengoa Prize jury in his thirtieth edition, and endowed with 24,000 euros, they said of his painting that he "addresses a disturbing personal mythology, interwoven with visual paradoxes that he has managed to assemble in a coherent manner and with pictorial skill capable of integrating appropriations that cover both the history of art and the world of comics'.

When was Óscar Seco born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1964