Formation | Havana, Cuba, 1992 |
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Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | Spanish |
Los Carpinteros is a Cuban artist collective founded in Havana in 1992 by Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea (who left the group in 2003). [1] In 1994 they decided "to renounce the notion of individual authorship and refer back to an older guild tradition of artisans and skilled laborers” [2] in an attempt to emphasize their belief that art always, to some extent, involves collaboration. [3] Both Valdes and Sanchez were born in Cuba and live and work between Havana and Madrid. [1] They have exhibited in Cuba, Europe and North America, and have received a number of awards.
In their work the artists incorporate aspects of architecture, design and sculpture to create installations and drawings that “negotiate the space between the functional and the nonfunctional", [2] where they derive their “inspiration from the physical world” [2] and express their interest in the intersection of art and society in a humorous manner. Los Carpinteros create a response to places, spaces and objects, how they have been conceived, built, used and abandoned. [4]
Between personal exposures are those made in the 90s in the ' "Centro de Arte 23 y 12" Cuba. They have been exhibited at " The New Museum of Contemporary Art" [5] and the " Contemporary Arts Center" in Cincinnati, Ohio; [6] "Grant Selwyn Fine Arts" in Los Angeles, CA; [7] at the International Contemporary Art Fair ARCO'98 in Madrid;[ citation needed] and Art Basel Miami where for the 2012 edition of the fair they built the "Güiro Art Bar". [8] They held their first solo exhibition in Asia, 'Heterotopias', at Edouard Malingue Gallery in 2013. [9]
Their works are included in the permanent collections of museum institutions in the United States and abroad. Examples are Pérez Art Museum Miami, [10] Florida; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; the Tate Modern, London; and the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, among others. [11]
Formation | Havana, Cuba, 1992 |
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Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | Spanish |
Los Carpinteros is a Cuban artist collective founded in Havana in 1992 by Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea (who left the group in 2003). [1] In 1994 they decided "to renounce the notion of individual authorship and refer back to an older guild tradition of artisans and skilled laborers” [2] in an attempt to emphasize their belief that art always, to some extent, involves collaboration. [3] Both Valdes and Sanchez were born in Cuba and live and work between Havana and Madrid. [1] They have exhibited in Cuba, Europe and North America, and have received a number of awards.
In their work the artists incorporate aspects of architecture, design and sculpture to create installations and drawings that “negotiate the space between the functional and the nonfunctional", [2] where they derive their “inspiration from the physical world” [2] and express their interest in the intersection of art and society in a humorous manner. Los Carpinteros create a response to places, spaces and objects, how they have been conceived, built, used and abandoned. [4]
Between personal exposures are those made in the 90s in the ' "Centro de Arte 23 y 12" Cuba. They have been exhibited at " The New Museum of Contemporary Art" [5] and the " Contemporary Arts Center" in Cincinnati, Ohio; [6] "Grant Selwyn Fine Arts" in Los Angeles, CA; [7] at the International Contemporary Art Fair ARCO'98 in Madrid;[ citation needed] and Art Basel Miami where for the 2012 edition of the fair they built the "Güiro Art Bar". [8] They held their first solo exhibition in Asia, 'Heterotopias', at Edouard Malingue Gallery in 2013. [9]
Their works are included in the permanent collections of museum institutions in the United States and abroad. Examples are Pérez Art Museum Miami, [10] Florida; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; the Tate Modern, London; and the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, among others. [11]