The Magnificent Seven
31 Aug - 11 Dec 2009
© Abraham Cruzvillegas
Autoconstrucción Mobile, 2008
Customized bicycle, steel pipes, wood, cardboard, cables, car battery, speakers, mirrors, car stereo, video projector, DVD player, tea flask, bell, horn
240 x 125 x 260 cm
Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City.
Autoconstrucción Mobile, 2008
Customized bicycle, steel pipes, wood, cardboard, cables, car battery, speakers, mirrors, car stereo, video projector, DVD player, tea flask, bell, horn
240 x 125 x 260 cm
Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City.
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN:
Capp Street Project: Abraham Cruzvillegas
Aug. 31–Dec. 11, 2009
The Magnificent Seven artist Abraham Cruzvillegas is the Capp Street artist in residence at the Wattis Institute throughout the fall semester. The Mexican artist is best known for his sculptures that transform everyday objects, such as found scrap wood and weathered buoys, into elegant compositions. Updating Duchamp's readymade technique while reflecting the specific locale of where the materials were sourced, his work highlights specific socio-economic circumstances around production. The artist plays the role of a scavenger, finding value in the discarded.
Over the fall semester, Cruzvillegas and the CCA graduate fine art students in his class will collaborate on a project that investigates concepts of need and scarcity in relation to object-making, as well as the politics of improvising with found materials. The starting point for this collaborative project is the organization of a contest amongst the class to customize or transform discarded and found materials into bicycles or other functional vehicles.
An exhibition of these vehicles will be held in the CCA nave from November 15 to 29. All the vehicles will take part in a race on 8th Street in front of CCA on Saturday, November 21 at 2:00pm.
Lead sponsorship for the Capp Street Project artist residency of Abraham Cruzvillegas is provided by the Nimoy Foundation. Special thanks to Monica Manzutto & Jose Kuri for supporting the participation of Abraham Cruzvillegas in The Magnificent Seven program.
Capp Street Project: Abraham Cruzvillegas
Aug. 31–Dec. 11, 2009
The Magnificent Seven artist Abraham Cruzvillegas is the Capp Street artist in residence at the Wattis Institute throughout the fall semester. The Mexican artist is best known for his sculptures that transform everyday objects, such as found scrap wood and weathered buoys, into elegant compositions. Updating Duchamp's readymade technique while reflecting the specific locale of where the materials were sourced, his work highlights specific socio-economic circumstances around production. The artist plays the role of a scavenger, finding value in the discarded.
Over the fall semester, Cruzvillegas and the CCA graduate fine art students in his class will collaborate on a project that investigates concepts of need and scarcity in relation to object-making, as well as the politics of improvising with found materials. The starting point for this collaborative project is the organization of a contest amongst the class to customize or transform discarded and found materials into bicycles or other functional vehicles.
An exhibition of these vehicles will be held in the CCA nave from November 15 to 29. All the vehicles will take part in a race on 8th Street in front of CCA on Saturday, November 21 at 2:00pm.
Lead sponsorship for the Capp Street Project artist residency of Abraham Cruzvillegas is provided by the Nimoy Foundation. Special thanks to Monica Manzutto & Jose Kuri for supporting the participation of Abraham Cruzvillegas in The Magnificent Seven program.