Leyla Cárdenas
Tropismo macondiano 2
Lot closes
June 7, 03:08:30 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Current Bid
8,000 USD
1 Bid
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Leyla Cárdenas
b. 1975
Tropismo macondiano 2
Executed in 2025.
Photograph dye-sublimated on polyester silk then partially unweaved, wood, and brass
Edition 3 of 3
72 4/5 × 66 9/10 × 2 in. (184.9 × 169.9 × 5.1 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner, Bogotá
Leyla Cárdenas (b. 1975, Bogotá, Colombia; lives in Bogotá) is a multidisciplinary artist whose installations explore transformations of time to investigate traces of change within urban landscapes. Through deconstructing seemingly permanent objects, Cárdenas reveals their inherently fragile structures and embedded histories. This subtle yet profound sculpture represents a Macondo tree, an endangered species in Colombia that also inspired the fictional town name in Gabriel García Márquez’s magical surrealist novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. She was the subject of a solo exhibition at Museo de Artes Visuales Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, in 2023 and has participated in group exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; El Museo del Barrio, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, among others. Cárdenas was also featured in the 16th Lyon Biennale and has artwork in private and public collections internationally.