‘Helmet’ (2014) of Los Carpinteros is commisioned by the Folkwang Museum in Essen. It is on view now in between the permanent collection of the museum.
About:
Lego Project, water color painting.
The Havana based collective Los Carpinteros has created some of the most important work to emerge from Cuba in the past decade. Formed in 1991, the trio (consisting of Marco Castillo, Dagoberto rodriguez and, until his departure in June 2003, Alexandre Arrechea) adopted their name in 1994, deciding to renounce the notion of individual authorship and refer back to an older tradition of artisans and skilled laborers.
Twisted Nails, 2013.
Interested in the intersection between art and society, the group merges architecture, design, and sculpture in unexpected and often humorous ways. They create installations and drawings which negotiate the space between the functional and the non-functional. The group’s elegant and mordantly humorous sculptures, drawings and installations draw their inspiration from the physical world – particularly that of furniture. Their carefully crafted works use humor to exploit a visual syntax that sets up contradictions among object and function, as well as practicality and uselessness.
150 People, 2012.
