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Angel Sanchez Gas
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Angel Sanchez Gas also known as Gelsen Gas (born 1933) is a theater director, film director, film producer, actor, painter, poet, sculptor and inventor, based in Mexico City, Mexico. He is most commonly known for his paintings and geometrically constructed artworks. Among his most famous works are the film 'Anticlimax' (1969) featuring Alejandro Jodorowsky, his homage to the Belgian surrealist artist René François Ghislain Magritte 'Homenaje a Magritte' (1969) and his self portrait 'Autogelsen' (1971). Biography Gelsen Gas was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1933 to Angel Sanchez Bellido and Leonor Gas Murillo. Works He wrote and directed the film Anticlimax (1969) which became a cult classic throughout the 1970's. Permanent Works The painting Homenaje a Magritte and a collection of Gelsen Gas sculptures are part of a permanent collection of the Museo de Arte Moderno (the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City) which also includes the work of the artists Frida Kahlo, Olga Costa, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. 
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