Abraham Cruzvillegas
Blind self-portrait listening to ‘Lumumba’ with the sweet trombone of Rico Rodriguez, while reading ‘Muerte súbita’ by Álvaro Enrigue, a beautiful chronicle of a tennis match in 16th century, between a revolutionary painter and a humorous writer, after devouring a pulpy enoki and shimeji mushrooms soup, trying to understand the so many upcoming fears as related to big changes in geopolitics, that seem again as enormous challenges not necessarily in a negative way
Lot closes
June 7, 03:13:00 AM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 90,000 USD
Starting Bid
50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Abraham Cruzvillegas
b. 1968
Blind self-portrait listening to ‘Lumumba’ with the sweet trombone of Rico Rodriguez, while reading ‘Muerte súbita’ by Álvaro Enrigue, a beautiful chronicle of a tennis match in 16th century, between a revolutionary painter and a humorous writer, after devouring a pulpy enoki and shimeji mushrooms soup, trying to understand the so many upcoming fears as related to big changes in geopolitics, that seem again as enormous challenges not necessarily in a negative way
Executed in 2024.
Blue acrylic paint on newspaper clippings, cardboard, photographs, drawings, postcards, envelopes, tickets, vouchers, letters, drawings, posters, flyers, cards, recipes, napkins and steel pins on wall
Variable dimensions (installation in 193 pieces)
47 1/4 x 177 1/8 in. (120 x 449. 8 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City/New York
Abraham Cruzvillegas (b. 1968, Mexico City, Mexico; lives in Mexico City) focuses on sculptures and installations. Drawing references from both his upbringing in the Colonia Ajusco neighborhood of Mexico City and sociopolitical contexts in Latin America, Cruzvillegas investigates the potential of found materials and improvisational or transformative construction techniques inspired by his personal history. For this work, Cruzvillegas invites others to join in a collective act of assembly; following rough templates provided by the artist, those who display the piece are free to determine the number of elements and their configuration. His work Bougie du Isthmus (2005) is in the MCA Collection. Major solo exhibitions of Cruzvillegas’s work have been presented by Centre d’art contemporain, Amilly, France; the Contemporary Austin; Aspen Art Museum, CO; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; and Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes, France, among others.