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Los Carpinteros
Cama, 2007

Installation view: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria, 2008
Photo: Niki Lackner | Landesmuseum Joanneum
Installation view: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria, 2008
Photo: Niki Lackner | Landesmuseum Joanneum
Installation view: Los Carpinteros. Handwork – Constructing the World, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani, Palma, Spain, 2011
Photo: Rif Spahni, 2011
Installation view: Los Carpinteros. Silence Your Eyes, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland, 2012
Photo: Dominique Uldry
Installation view: Los Carpinteros – Silence Your Eyes, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 2012
Photo: Raimund Zakowski
Los Carpinteros
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Foam, fabric, metal, stainless steel, epoxy paint
125 x 345 x 510 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Co-produced by Atelier CALDER / le lieu Unique / Sean Kelley Gallery


Cama (Bed) investigates Los Carpinteros' interest in objects of domesticity: by altering the original form of a simple bed, the duo also subverts its meanings and function. The frame and the mattress of the metal bed have two bifurcating extensions, which loop around themselves, creating a surreal highway junction. Though the bed cannot be used in the traditional way, it alludes to actions such as sleeping, dreaming, and having sex. Firmly posited in the realm of the domestic, Cama explores the mutable territory between the pragmatic and the imaginary. The highly intimate human refuge of the home is evocatively juxtaposed with the realm of public (exhibition) space.


Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés: *1971 in Camagüey, Cuba | Living and working in La Habana, Cuba and Madrid, Spain
Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez: *1969 in Caibarien, Cuba | Living and working in La Habana, Cuba and Madrid, Spain
Artist's website
http://loscarpinteros.net/
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