The career of Carlos Pazos has always thrived on contradiction. A veteran Barcelona artist, he has long tried to distance himself from what his Catalan peers were doing. Although his name is widely known among artists, he is not well known to the public. Three years ago he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas—the most important prize given by a Spanish institution—but little of his work is owned by museums.

Organized in conjunction with MACBA in Barcelona (its director, Manuel Borja-Villel, is the show’s curator), “No me digas nada” (Don’t Tell Me Anything), the enormous exhibition