Do It Yourself: Damián Ortega - Rilegato

Ortega, Damian; Morgan, Jessica; Kuri, Gabriel

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ISBN 10: 0847834387 ISBN 13: 9780847834389

Casa editrice: Skira, 2009

Riassunto

A survey of the innovative sculptural and installation work of Damián Ortega. In works that spin, dangle, sprawl and climb, Damián Ortega reveals his fascination with how everyday things—whether manmade or organic—are constructed, and his keen interest in the tools and elements that facilitate the process of construction, from pickaxes and pulleys to bricks to molecules. A former political cartoonist, Ortega infuses his sculptural work with an incisive wit, bringing the humorist’s eye to works in which materials are manipulated in surprising ways. His objects reflect the dynamism of the world around us in ways that we might otherwise overlook, subtly subverting conventional views of sculpture as permanent and monumental. This book, accompanying a major exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, brings together work from 1996 to 2007, including sculpture, photography, and video, revealing the rich range of Ortega’s artistic activity.

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L'autore:

Damián Ortega (born 1967) is the leading Mexican artist of the generation that emerged in the wake of the influence of Gabriel Orozco and Francis Alÿs. He lives and works in Mexico City and Berlin. Jessica Morgan is Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate Modern, London. Gabriel Kuri is an artist and author.

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Book by Ortega Damian Morgan Jessica Kuri Gabriel

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Skira
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0847834387
• ISBN 13: 9780847834389
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208