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莱安德罗·埃利希

Port of Reflections

source: laboitevertefr

L’artiste argentin Leandro Erlich a créé au Musée d’Art Contemporain de Séoul une installation intitulée « Port of Reflections » dans laquelle il a recréé un port, avec ses quais, ses lampadaires et ses bateaux et interroge notre sens de la réalité en faisant flotter tout ça dans l’air bien que les objets semblent avoir des reflets aquatiques distordus par des vaguelettes.
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source: elespartano

Invitado a ser parte del proyecto “Hanjin Shipping The Box Project 2014″, que busca promover a aquellos artistas que dominan la escena internacional, el artista contemporáneo Leandro Erlich (Argentina, 1973) creó “Port of Reflections”, una impactante obra site specific que recrea un puerto flotante en el que los visitantes pueden ver el reflejo de los barcos suspendidos en el aire.

El Espartano se sumó al proyecto colaborando con su alfombra Tufting 10, que recubre los laterales y el fondo de la instalación, desde donde también es posible acceder y apreciar la obra con otra perspectiva. La alfombra, una moquette de felpa compacta conformada en un 80% por pura lana virgen y en un 20% por nylon, fue elegida tomando en cuenta su suavidad, su beneficio con respecto a la acústica y su resistencia al alto tránsito.

“Port of Reflections” es la obra site specific más grande, y tal vez la más ambiciosa, que el artista ha creado en toda su carrera. Erlich subvierte el espacio cotidiano y lo transforma en un fantástico mundo de sorpresas y paradojas a través de la yuxtaposición de la realidad y la ilusión, lo real y lo irreal, y la representación y la ambigüedad, construyendo con ello un vocabulario único en su contemplación del mundo.
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source: elespartano

Convidado para fazer parte do projeto “Hanjin Shipping The Box Project 2014″, que visa promover artistas que dominam a cena internacional, o artista contemporâneo Leandro Erlich (Argentina, 1973) criou “Port of Reflections”, uma impactante obra site specific que recria um porto flutuante no qual os visitantes podem ver o reflexo dos barcos suspensos no ar.

“El Espartano” aderiu ao projeto colaborando com seu tapete Tufting 10, que recobre as laterais e o fundo da instalação, de onde também é possível ter acesso e apreciar a obra a partir de outra perspectiva. O tapete, um carpete de feltro compacto composto com 80% de pura lã virgem e 20% de nylon, foi escolhido devido a sua maciez, seu benefício para a acústica e sua resistência ao trânsito intenso.

“Port of Reflections” é a maior obra site specific, e talvez a mais ambiciosa, que o artista tenha criado em toda sua carreira. Erlich subverte o espaço cotidiano e o transforma em um fantástico mundo de surpresas e paradoxos por meio da justaposição da realidade e a ilusão, do real e o irreal, e da representação e a ambiguidade, construindo assim um vocabulário único em sua contemplação do mundo.
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source: elespartano

Contemporary artist Leandro Erlich (Argentina, 1973) was invited to form part of “Hanjin Shipping The Box Project 2014,′′ an initiative that seeks to support major artists on the international art scene. For the occasion, Erlich created “Port of Reflections,” a striking site-specific work that recreates a floating port in which visitors can see the reflection of boats hanging in the air.

El Espartano contributed to the project by providing the Tufting 10 carpet that covers the side and back portions of the installation which afford another view of the work. The rug—a compact plush moquette—is 80% virgin wool and 20% nylon; it was chosen for its softness, its acoustic effect, and its ability to withstand intense circulation.

“Port of Reflections” is Erlich’s largest and, perhaps, most ambitious site-specific work to date. In it, the artist undermines everyday space and turns it into a fantastic world of surprises and paradoxes. The juxtaposition of reality and illusion, the real and the unreal, and representation and ambiguity, give shape to a unique vocabulary for the contemplation of the world.
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source: skny

Leandro Erlich was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1973. An architect of the uncertain, Erlich creates spaces with fluid and unstable boundaries. Before one tries to make sense of his sculptures and installations, one senses the uncanny. A single change (up is down, inside is out) can be enough to upset the seemingly normal situation, collapsing and exposing our reality as counterfeit. Through this transgression of limits, the artist undermines certain absolutes and the institutions that reinforce them.

Leandro Erlich draws inspiration from his literary Argentinian forebear, Jorge Luis Borges, but references to the world of film also appear frequently in his work; Erlich makes no secret of his admiration for directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, Luis Buñel and David Lynch, whom, he argues, “have used the everyday as a stage for creating a fictional world obtained through the psychological subversion of everyday spaces.”

Between 1998 and 1999, Erlich took part in the Core Program, an artist residency at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and came to the attention of the art world at a young age. In 2001 he was invited to represent his country in the 49th Venice Biennale. He then participated in the Biennials of Istanbul (2001), Shanghai (2002) and São Paulo (2004). He has also participated in the Whitney Biennial (2000) and the 1st Busan Biennale (2002). He was part of La Nuit Blanche de Paris (2004), the 51st Venice Biennale (2005), the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (2006), and the exhibition Notre histoire at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France in 2006, among others. In 2008, his installation La Torre was exhibited at Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain and he showed his acclaimed Swimming Pool at MoMA PS1 in New York in the same year. In 2012, he created a monumental outdoor installation, Monte-Meuble, l’Ultime Déménagement, in Nantes, France and in 2013, The Barbican, Europe’s largest arts and conference venue, commissioned Erlich to create a new installation in the Dalston district of London, England.

Erlich’s works are included in several private and public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tate Modern, London, England; Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France; 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan; MACRO, Rome, Italy; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; and the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris, France.

Leandro Erlich lives and works in Argentina.