Portaaviones
Los Carpinteros
Los Carpinteros
Portaaviones, 2005
Fiberglass, polyester resin, wood painted with automotive paint, stainless steel, silicon, PVC tubes, optical fiber, small blue glass tiles, iron sawhorses, filter, water pump, electric cables, water
171 x 78 x 219 cm
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
Installation view: En el Jardin, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, 2005
Photo: Eduardo Ortega
- Date
- 2005
- Medium
- Fiberglass, polyester resin, stainless steel, silicone, PVC tubes, glass tiles, iron sawhorses, water pump, filter, water
- Dimension
- 171 x 78 x 219 cm
- Credit
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
- This artwork is part of the donation and long-term loan from TBA21 to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Details
Los Carpinteros invite the viewer to see the nature of things differently: rather than trying to avoid contradiction, they seek it out by showing realities that appeal to a different logic and presenting objects that suggest an alternative order. The artists set visual traps while investigating discord, ambiguity, and incompatibility, revealing absurdities and proposing multiple explanations for the “real.” The title Portaaviones refers to an aircraft carrier, but the work is constructed in the form of a swimming pool. Los Carpinteros has created an uncanny “psychosculpture” that weaves together a war vessel and a domestic luxury item.
- Los Carpinteros
