My personal library grows along with my political principles

My personal library grows along with my political principles, 2008, 2008 Books, mini-DV videos, mp4 players, wood Variable dimensions Go back In this installation I try to dismantle the hypocrisy that hides behind the massive landing, in the Chinese architectural and urban planning field, of those architects who today make up the star system of […]

How my Brazilian library feeds on fragments of a concrete reality

How my Brazilian library feeds on fragments of a concrete reality2006-2008 Installation. Books, concrete, 9 mm bullets Teixeira de Freitas Collection Go back How my Brazilian library feeds on fragments of a concrete reality refers to the skyscrapers of Rio de Janeiro. It represents an important political and expansionist period in Brazil. The rise of […]

And Jesus said to Lazarus… (project for public square)

And Jesus said to Lazarus… (project for public square), 2003 Installation. Wood, bronze, metal, PVC, mixed media, vinyl text and video. Variable dimensions Go back And Jesus said to Lazarus… is the model of a public square project and a video shown on the wall. It consists of an equestrian sculpture of a headless national […]

Deleuze and Guattari arranging the rhizome

Deleuze and Guattari arranging the rhizome, 2008 Installation. Hammers, nails. Variable dimensions. Go back This installation was first presented in the solo exhibition “Revolution or Rhizome”, Galleria Continua, Beijing (2008). It has subsequently been part of other exhibitions at Château de Blandy-Les-Tours (2009), MAMM, Medellín (2010), CAB de Burgos (2011) or Galleria Continua, Paris (2023). […]

Recent News

Recent News (Spain), 2007 Diptych. B/W photographs mounted and laminated in aluminium and Plexiglas (145 x 220 cm each). 9 mm Parabellum bullets impact. Helga de Alvear Collection, Spain Go back

Bend City

Bend City, 2007 Installation. Wood, plexiglas, hand cut Bristol cardboard. Variable dimensions Go back In Bend City, I tried to play with the idea of transforming these papers into a sculpture. I used the mor-phological capacity of paper to build up a city and several monuments, with the simple act of cutting and folding an […]

I don’t want to see my neighbors anymore II

I don’t want to see my neighbors anymore II, 2006 Permanent installation. Brick, concrete, foam and metal. Castello di Ama per L’Arte Contemporanea Collection, Giaole in Chianti, Italy. Go back These walls have marked political borders throughout history, sometimes reinforcing the natural boundary, such as the Havana seawall that marks the coast, that natural border […]

Portrait (Europe)

Portrait (Europa), 2006 Installation. Pine wood, black and white photography, color photography and metal. Indefinite deposit of the Reina Sofia Museum Foundation, 2022 (Donated by Jorge Perez) Go back This installation, consisting of photographs of the capitals of the European Union in 2006 and coins stacked in a wooden display case, explores the notion of […]

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