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Carlos Garaicoa — Carlos Garaicoa
Carlos Garaicoa

Carlos Garaicoa

Carlos Garaicoa overlays a gelatin silver photograph with an intricate network of metal nails and string, transforming the static image into a dynamic, three-dimensional intervention. The delicate web of thread traces architectural or urban forms across the photographic surface, blurring the boundaries between documentation and construction. This tension between the fixed past captured in the photograph and the artist's active manipulation speaks to themes of memory, urban transformation, and the rewriting of space.

Medium
metal nails and string on gelatin silver print

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Latin America

May 29, 2014

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Carlos Garaicoa, Carlos Garaicoa

Carlos Garaicoa overlays a gelatin silver photograph with an intricate network of metal nails and string, transforming the static image into a dynamic, three-dimensional intervention. The delicate web of thread traces architectural or urban forms across the photographic surface, blurring the boundaries between documentation and construction. This tension between the fixed past captured in the photograph and the artist's active manipulation speaks to themes of memory, urban transformation, and the rewriting of space.

Medium
metal nails and string on gelatin silver print
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Architectural Subject, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Installation Art, Cuban Artist, Urban Landscape, Latin American Art, Monochromatic, Photography-based

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