Los Carpinteros - New Now New York Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artists by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Havana, Galería Habana, Just on Time, July 16–September 4, 2004
    Tampa, USF Contemporary Art Museum; Chicago Cultural Center; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, Los Carpinteros: Inventing the World / Inventar el mundo, La plaza : el agua : la casa, April 8, 2005–July 30, 2006, no. 25

  • Artist Biography

    Los Carpinteros

    Cuban • N/A

    The Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros (The Carpenters) was formed in 1992 and has since produced some of the most important contemporary art in Latin America. Originally comprised of Marco Castillo, Dagoberto Rodriguez and Alexandre Arrechea (who left the group in June 2003), the trio abandoned the concept of individual authorship and instead worked in the tradition of guild and artisan workshops. Their technically sophisticated drawings and sculptures are primarily inspired by design and architectural constructions, such as desks, chairs, armoires and other pieces of furniture. In illustrating seemingly banal objects, Los Carpinteros comment on materialism, highlighting the practicality as well as the uselessness of the depicted objects.

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Radio Metropolitana (Metropolitan Radio)

signed, titled, inscribed and dated "Radio Metropolitana Los Carpinteros La Hab 2003" lower edge
watercolor and graphite on paper
79 x 51 1/2 in. (200.7 x 130.8 cm)
Executed in 2003.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $8,890

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Avery Semjen
Head of Sale, New Now
212 940 1207
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New Now

New York Auction 8 March 2023