Plano de casa de verano

Alexandre Arrechea2002

Details

Title: Plano de casa de verano
Creator Lifespan: b. 1970, 1971, 1969
Creator Nationality: Cuban
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: Cuba
Date Created: 2002
Title translation: Plan for a Summer House
Physical Dimensions: w94 x h60 in
Creators: Los Carpinteros (artist collective: Alexandre Arrechea, Marco Antonio Castillo, and Dagoberto Rodríguez)
Artist birthdates: 1970, 1971, 1969
Artist Names: Alexandre Arrechea, Marco Antonio Castillo, and Dagoberto Rodriguez
About the Work: In A Plan for a Summer House, 2002, Los Carpinteros propose an imaginary space—a blueprint or floor plan in the shape of an airplane—of a house in which functionality is only symbolic since the actual realization of this design seems impractical in the real world. The artists’ sculptures, installations and drawings, convey a socio-political commentary, for example, on commodities and the realm of the domestic with absurd combinations such as a drawing of a coffee pot made out of bricks which at the same time is supposed to be an oven, or a large-scale sculpture of a grenade with drawers, which is a jewelry case. These ironic mergers also question the elements of violence in everyday objects, and their creation, rather than making them more functional, turns them into outrageous concoctions. Thus, the joke is on the object and the perpetrator or consumer.
Type: Painting
Rights: Gift of Geoffrey Beaumont
External Link: Museum of Latin American Art
Medium: Watercolor on paper

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