Los Carpinteros (5 results)

Exhibition invite, 5 x 7 inches; very good condition; an unmailed copy.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 12.25x10.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 378 pages, in English; as new condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Paperback. Condition: New. This catalog presents the exhibition Drama Turquesa by Los Carpinteros, the collective formed by Cuban artists Marco Castillo and Dagoberto RodrÃÂguez. They address social issues and critique consumer culture through everyday objects marked by a formal and unsettling ambiguity. Drama Turquesa's leitmotif has its roots in a piece entitled Derrame Turquesa, from the series Derrames, which is comprised of objects "which have apparently been exposed to high temperatures or deformation, which has caused them to melt." They use highly-symbolic Cuban elements--congas, drums, kerosene lamps--which melt and are reduced to a liquid stain on the floor.The catalogue also includes a story by Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo Padura Fuentes, entitled La muerte feliz de Alborada Almanza (Alborada Almanza's Happy Death).…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Invitation. 1) + 2) Galerie Peter Kilchman, Zurich, 2013 + 2018. --- 3) Kunstverein Hannover, 2012. --- Los Carpinteros is a Cuban artist collective founded in Havana in 1992 by Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea. --- Fine. Ephemera. …