16.14H x 21.06W x 11.8D inches
Marepe (an acronym for Marcos Reis Peixoto) is from northeastern Brazil, and his sculptures and installations are steeped in its culture, traditions, festivals; his personal memories associated with his birthplace; and his interactions with European culture. Periquitos (Parakeets, 2005) is a cartoonlike giant television with a screen made of four vertical strips of blue, yellow, green, and red acetate. There is a recurring figure on the screen, which is taken from a photograph of the artist at age six. The acetate references a practice from Marepe’s region in which owners of black-and-white televisions attached colored acetate to their screens in order to see images in color.
Marepe (acronym of Marcos Reis Peixoto) is from an area in North Eastern Brazil where much of the inspiration for his work originates. His sculptures and installations are steeped in the culture, traditions, festivals and personal memories associated with his birthplace as well as his interactions with European culture.
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This series of photographs, Sobre la igualdad y las diferencias: casas gemelas (On Equality and Differences: Twin Houses) , taken in Havana in 2005, belongs to a wider group of works that the artist has been developing over many years, generally titled Bifurcaciones y encrucijadas (Forking Paths and Crossroads) ...
Adição por subtração 4 (Addition by Subtraction, 2010) is an intervention into the white cube with both beautiful and intimidating results...
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What Color is Luke Murphy’s outstanding digital painting that elegantly loops in nonstop motion...
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