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Castillo Marroquín: An Informal Study of the Hybrid Architecture, Vol. 1-The Narco -Architecture and its Contributions to the Community-Cali-Bogotá, Colombia
Luis Molina-Pantin2004/2005
Museum of Latin American Art
Long Beach, United States
ed. 3/6
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- Title: Castillo Marroquín: An Informal Study of the Hybrid Architecture, Vol. 1-The Narco -Architecture and its Contributions to the Community-Cali-Bogotá, Colombia
- Creator: Luis Molina-Pantin
- Creator Lifespan: 1969
- Creator Nationality: Swiss
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Geneva, Switzerland
- Date Created: 2004/2005
- Physical Dimensions: w29.5 x h35.5 in
- About the Work: Originally built in 1902, Castillo Marroquín is now an events center, but was once the home of a drug trafficker associated with the Medellín Cartel. A part of a series of photographs of “hybrid architecture,” the buildings in this series mix baroque, colonial and kitsch and are ironically classified as “contributions” to society by the artist. His works mimic a documentation style generally reserved for more serious structures, using a monumentality that befits the ego of the builder more than the integrity of the architecture.
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: Gift of the artist
- External Link: Museum of Latin American Art
- Medium: C-print
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