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ЛОС-КАРПИНТЕРОС

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source: loscarpinterosnet

Los Carpinteros, colectivo artístico fundado en 1991 en La Habana.

Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés, nació el 18 de septiembre de 1971 en Camagüey, Cuba. Graduado en 1994 del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), La Habana, Cuba.

Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez, nació el 6 de marzo de 1969 en Caibarién, Las Villas, Cuba. Graduado en 1994 del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), La Habana, Cuba.

Alexandre Jesús Arrechea Zambrano, nació el 12 de septiembre de 1970 en Trinidad, Las Villas, Cuba. Graduado en 1994 del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), La Habana, Cuba. Formó parte del colectivo hasta el año 2003.

Viven y trabajan entre La Habana y Madrid.
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source: thisiscolossal

Los Carpinteros is a Havana-based artist collective currently comprised of Marco Castillo and Dagoberto Rodríguez (a third member, Alexandre Arrechea, left in 2003) who produce a wide range of works including sculpture, installation, and film. My favorite of their works are these lovely abstract paintings of Legos and other structural or architectural pieces. Via Sean Kelly Gallery:

Interested in the intersection between art and society, the group merges architecture, design, and sculpture in unexpected and often humorous ways. They create installations and drawings which negotiate the space between the functional and the nonfunctional. The group’s elegant and mordantly humorous sculptures, drawings, and installations draw their inspiration from the physical world—particularly that of furniture. Their carefully crafted works use humor to exploit a visual syntax that sets up contradictions among object and function 
as well as practicality and uselessness. For Los Carpinteros, drawing has played an integral role as a mock technical draft or form of a blue print that suggests not only a process of artistic elaboration but also a form of architectural or carpentry plans.