Casa con Piscina, 2005
Photo: Courtesy Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
Collection
Watercolour and pencil on paper
200 x 420 x 7 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
For Los Carpinteros, drawing can operate as a metaphor for the artistic enterprise in the sense that it is understood as craftsmanship and the communication amongst the artists. Frequently, these drawings are the only documents available to point to an idea or concept of projects that aren't realizable. Los Carpinteros comment on our world by paraphrasing the architecture, tools and engineering that define and surround us. They remove objects from their functional contexts and consequently release various allegorical readings.
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
200 x 420 x 7 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
For Los Carpinteros, drawing can operate as a metaphor for the artistic enterprise in the sense that it is understood as craftsmanship and the communication amongst the artists. Frequently, these drawings are the only documents available to point to an idea or concept of projects that aren't realizable. Los Carpinteros comment on our world by paraphrasing the architecture, tools and engineering that define and surround us. They remove objects from their functional contexts and consequently release various allegorical readings.
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
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Related program
Los Carpinteros: Handwork - Constructing the World | October 15, 2011 - January 22, 2012 |Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma
The Kaleidoscopic Eye
April 4–July 5, 2009 | Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
April 4–July 5, 2009 | Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph | March 6–October 26, 2008 | Kunsthaus Graz
Los Carpinteros – Multiple Flipflops
Related works in the collection
Retráctil, 2018
Cúpulas Basálticas, 2017
Pellejo, 2013
Tornado Amarillo Doble, 2011
Cama, 2007
Portaaviones, 2005
Frío Estudio del Desastre, 2005
Fluido (Estudio), 2003
Acumulación de Materiales - Ladrillos II, 2003
Carretera de Tornillos, 2003
Bloque Infectado, 2003
Tres Relojes, 2003
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