Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Do It Yourself: Damian Ortega

5/5 ( ratings)

A survey of the innovative sculptural and installation work of Damián Ortega. In works that spin, dangle, sprawl and climb, Damián Ortega reveals his fascination with how everyday things—whether manmade or organic—are constructed, and his keen interest in the tools and elements that facilitate the process of construction, from pickaxes and pulleys to bricks to molecules. A former political cartoonist, Ortega infuses his sculptural work with an incisive wit, bringing the humorist’s eye to works in which materials are manipulated in surprising ways. His objects reflect the dynamism of the world around us in ways that we might otherwise overlook, subtly subverting conventional views of sculpture as permanent and monumental. This book, accompanying a major exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, brings together work from 1996 to 2007, including sculpture, photography, and video, revealing the rich range of Ortega’s artistic activity.

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Skira Rizzoli

Release: October 13, 2009

ISBN: 0847834387

ISBN 13: 9780847834389

Do It Yourself: Damian Ortega

5/5 ( ratings)

A survey of the innovative sculptural and installation work of Damián Ortega. In works that spin, dangle, sprawl and climb, Damián Ortega reveals his fascination with how everyday things—whether manmade or organic—are constructed, and his keen interest in the tools and elements that facilitate the process of construction, from pickaxes and pulleys to bricks to molecules. A former political cartoonist, Ortega infuses his sculptural work with an incisive wit, bringing the humorist’s eye to works in which materials are manipulated in surprising ways. His objects reflect the dynamism of the world around us in ways that we might otherwise overlook, subtly subverting conventional views of sculpture as permanent and monumental. This book, accompanying a major exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, brings together work from 1996 to 2007, including sculpture, photography, and video, revealing the rich range of Ortega’s artistic activity.

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Skira Rizzoli

Release: October 13, 2009

ISBN: 0847834387

ISBN 13: 9780847834389

More books from Damian Ortega

Pepe y la armadura

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Cumpleanos Con Animales

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Capitana Jennifer - Aguamala Jones

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Alegre Roger y El Tesoro Submarino

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?