Westminster Agua Viva
2014 - Sculpture (Sculpture)
73 x 39 x 3 cm
Adriano Costa
Westminster Agua Viva is made from Westminster City Council(‘s) recycling bin bags, glued together, that the artist has painted and cut or cut and painted. Although, they hang on the wall they possess a strong sculptural quality as the fringes float away from the wall. This is part of a series of works that refer to Brazilian concrete and neo-concrete art as well as Arte Povera in a playful manner while demonstrating a strong identity of its own. Through this work Costa highlights the many recycling stages of these bin bags suggesting the multiple uses that recycled materials can be put to. The exhibition in which the works were displayed was entitled ‘Touch me I am geometrically sensitive’ (Sadie Coles HQ, London, 2014), inviting the viewer to engage physically with the works and debunking the preciousness of art and its inflated values. The title “Agua Viva” which means jellyfish, brings the work to refer both to the material (Westminster bin bags) and its shape.
Adriano Costa is a Brazilian artist (born in1975) living in Sao Paolo.
Colors:
Related works sharing similar palette
© » FRANCE24
'Homoerotic, sexualised' Jesus poster sparks outrage in Spain - In the press Skip to main content 'Homoerotic, sexualised' Jesus poster sparks outrage in Spain Issued on: 30/01/2024 - 11:19 07:56 IN THE PRESS © FRANCE 24 By: Dheepthika LAURENT IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, January 30: We take a look at the French and European papers after French farmers blockade the majors roads leading to Paris in a protest over their working conditions and pay...
© » KADIST
Jonathan Hernández
2008In line with Hernández’s interest in catastrophe, Vulnerabilia (choques) is a collection of images of shipwrecks and Vulnerabilia (naufragios) collects scenes of car crashes...
© » KADIST
Gabriel Orozco
2002Gabriel Orozco comments: “In the exhibition [Documenta 11, Kassel, 2002], I tried to connect with the photographs I took in Mali in July...
© » KADIST
Regina José Galindo
La Sombra (The Shadow) is a video of Regina Jose Galindo performing with a moving Leopard tank...
© » THEARTNEWSPER
Ron DeSantis’s ‘war on woke’ goes to college Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 feature Ron DeSantis’s ‘war on woke’ goes to college The Florida governor’s recent education reforms are damaging arts and humanities programmes across the state—but educators and students are fighting back Carolina Ana Drake 9 December 2023 Share Art student Annie Dong’s mural at the New College of Florida was one of five that were painted over by a new politicised college administration Courtesy of the artist Colleges and universities throughout Florida have been feeling the weight of Governor Ron DeSantis’s “war on woke,” a politically conservative plan to reform the state’s public education system that many see as an assault on academic freedom...
© » KADIST
Jeamin Cha
2018Almost One by Jeamin Cha dives into an uncomfortable meditation on the relationship between socialization, performativity, truth, and childhood, filtered through the optics of a children’s acting class in South Korea...
© » SLASH PARIS
Prix Marcel Duchamp — 2023 — Centre Georges Pompidou — Exposition — Slash Paris Connexion Newsletter Twitter Facebook Prix Marcel Duchamp — 2023 — Centre Georges Pompidou — Exposition — Slash Paris Français English Accueil Événements Artistes Lieux Magazine Vidéos Retour Prix Marcel Duchamp — 2023 Exposition Techniques mixtes À venir Prix Marcel Duchamp 2023 — Bertille Bak, Bouchra Khalili, Tarik Kiswanson et Massinissa Selmani © ADIAF Prix Marcel Duchamp 2023 Dans 9 mois : 2 octobre 2023 → 2 janvier 2024 Bertille Bak, Bouchra Khalili, Tarik Kiswanson et Massinissa Selmani sont les quatre artistes nominés par un comité de sélection composé de onze collectionneurs de l’ADIAF pour l’attribution du 23e Prix Marcel Duchamp...
© » KADIST
Gabriel Pericas
2014“Weight & velocity (cat on router)” is a duo of two humorous photographs of a cat lying on a computer router...
© » SLASH PARIS
Guillaume Chamahian — Détritique 2 — Galerie Analix Forever — Exposition — Slash Paris Connexion Newsletter Twitter Facebook Guillaume Chamahian — Détritique 2 — Galerie Analix Forever — Exposition — Slash Paris Français English Accueil Événements Artistes Lieux Magazine Vidéos Retour Guillaume Chamahian — Détritique 2 Exposition Photographie, techniques mixtes, vidéo À venir Guillaume Chamahian, Le baiser, 2023 Impression sur plaque de grès Guillaume Chamahian Détritique 2 Dans 2 jours : Mercredi 20 décembre 2023 15:00 → 21:00 Artiste du réel, de ses représentations, traitements et retraitements, Guillaume Chamahian travaille à la croisée de la photographie documentaire, de l’art conceptuel, de la dénonciation politique et l’art d’investigation...