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2009 The room of all 2009 The room of all 2009 Dead bird flying 2 2009 Masculinity 2009 151 New Spaces for the National Library 2009 Dead bird flying 3 2009 Dead bird flying 4 |
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2009 2008 2007 2006/05 2004/03 |
2008 Mississippi Bucket @ Prospect.1 New Orleans 2008 Mississippi Bucket 2008 America & Dusk 2008 Black Sun (video) 2008 Cornfield II 2008 I dreamt a building was on fire... 2008 History of Everything 2008 Hotel 2008 Hotel II 2008 Home 2008 Mississippi Bucket II 2008 Window 2008 Paisaje suicida 2008 Chair 2008 Dos Segundos 2008 Butterfly Labyrinth 2008 Laberinto cuervo 2008 Levitar |
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2009 2008 2007 2006/05 2004/03 |
2007 Espacio derrotado 2007 Black Sun 2007 Límite improvisado 2007 Plantation, Mind and Body, Eterno Retorno 2007 Today 2007 Your future is already sold out 2007 From the series “Blind City” 2007 Mil amores 2007 Ruidos sospechosos 2007 Reunion 2007 Acuerdo 2007 22, 27 New Spaces... 2007 Paper Holder 2007 Secret Meeting 2007 Arena 2007 Conspiración 2007 cm vs. inches (Lightbox) 2007 Cornfield |
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2009 2008 2007 2006/05 2004/03 |
2006 Perpetual Free Entrance 2006 There are types of damages... 2006 White Corner (video) 2006 Puntos de contacto 2005 Red Line 2005 El que busca encuentra 2005 The weight of emptiness 2005 Dust 2005 Dust II 2005 From Concrete to Abstract 2005 Architectural Elements 2005 Fish and Chips 2005/06 The Limit 2005/06 The Limit II |
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2004 Alarma (video) 2004 Two new spaces 2004 Sweat/Sudor (video installation) 2003/05 The garden of mistrust 2003/05 The garden of mistrust 2 2003 Billboards 2003 Lament for Ben (video) 2003 Atardecer (video) 2003 Reminders 2003 Reminders II |
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“Dead bird flying 4” 170 x 130 cm Watercolor on paper. 2009 |
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“Dead bird flying 3” 170 x 130 cm Watercolor on paper. 2009 |
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“151 New Spaces for the National Library” 170 x 130 cm Watercolor and ink on paper. 2009 |
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“Masculinity” 170 x 130 cm Watercolor on paper 2009 |
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“Dead bird flying 2” 170 x 130 cm Watercolour on paper 2009 |
[+ images]| Alexandre Arrechea Mississippi Bucket, 2008 for Prospect.1 New Orleans Bienial Mississippi Bucket was inspired by my affinity to the city of New Orleans through a personal event that happened while I was reading about the 1927 storm that broke the Mississippi River levee. A few years later, in 2005, Katrina devastated >> |
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“Hotel II” 200 x 114 cm Watercolor on paper 2008 |
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“History of Everything” 270 x 17 cm Watercolor on paper 2008 |
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“Dos segundos” 223 cm tall Black plexiglass, clear plexiglass, video monitor, stainless steel, video. 2008 |
| “America” Colored glass, 50 cm diameter 2007 | “Dusk” Colored glass, 50 cm diameter 2008 |
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“Hotel” 183 x 110 cm Clear and opaque-black methacrylate. Stainless steel base. 2008 [click for detail] |
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From the series PAISAJE SUICIDA “Chair” 235 x 111 x 44 cm Lacquered plywood 2008 [click for another view] |
| Artist's statement: A large part of my work emphasizes artistic intervention in public and private spaces, establishing a visual dialogue in order to understand the particular nature that defines each locale. This implies working with the history of each space, a matter which often necessitates prior sociological study. >> |
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[click on image to enlarge] | Perpetual Free Entrance fue exhibida por primera vez en el Museo Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, España. Es una instalación hecha en madera y tres televisores de plasma. La obra es un comentario acerca del paralelo entre el museo y el estadio. Durante dos días estuve en el Museo Patio Herreriano grabando imagánes del >> |
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“Ruidos sospechosos” 170 x 114 cm watercolor on paper 2007 |
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“Conspiración” 223 cm tall Plywood and formica 2007 |
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“Cornfield” 231 x 114 cm Watercolor on paper 2007 |
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3 | Sweat is the bodily essence that flows as a result of continuous physical effort. Its naturalness is what led me to conceive, this year, my first public piece— a work of social sculpture that is ephemeral in nature—using projectors, music >> |
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From the series REMINDERS: “My neighbor owes me five dollars” 60 x 40 cm Magnetic strip on enameled metal. 2003 |
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“Mil amores” Watercolor on paper 2007 |
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“Hot Staircase / Escalera caliente” 36.75 x 30 x 54 in Powder-coated steel Private Collection 2001 |
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“Big Drawer / Gavetón” 36.75 x 30 x 54 in Metal, wood. 2001 |
| Transportable City was built in the summer of 2000, between Los Angeles and Havana. It was entirely financed by Los Carpinteros. Its first presentation took >> |
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“The Creative Hand/ La Mano Creadora” 41 x 33.25 in Wood 2000 |
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“Evaporation” 4 m high Metal, aluminum, water. 1999 Collection of the Artist |
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“Jewelry Case/ Estuche” 86.6 x 51.1x 51.1 in Wood 1999 Frankie Diago Collection, New York, NY |
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“The Nap / La siesta” 131.89 x 24.41 x 27.76 in Wood armchair, large pillows. 1998 George Lindemann Collection, Miami Beach Florida |
March 27 - April 30, 2009: 10 Bienal de la Habana, Cuba. |
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009: Prospect.1 New Orleans |
Here you can browse Alexandre Arrechea's presence in art collections, foundations and events:
The Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE (the installation piece "Dust" by Alexandre Arrechea is currently on view at their space)
The Garden of Mistrust (project website)
Website design credits:
Liduam Pong ++ www.pongisfun.com ++
Alexandre Arrechea was born in Trinidad, Cuba, in 1970. He graduated from the “Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)” in Havana in 1994. For twelve years he was a member of the art collective Los Carpinteros, until he left the group in July of 2003 to continue his career as a solo artist.
The interdisciplinary quality of Alexandre Arrechea’s work reveals a profound interest in the exploration of both public and domestic spaces. This quest has led him to produce several monumental projects like “Ciudad Transportable” (2000), “The Garden of Mistrust” (2003-2005) and “Perpetual Free Entrance” (2006).
Selected Biography: [collapse all]
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(*) Work with Los Carpinteros
