
Auto construcción, caja de velocidades
A disassembled gearbox rendered in cast concrete, its mechanical components separated and arranged to reveal the inner logic of the machine. Ortega transforms an object of industrial utility into a sculptural meditation on labor, construction, and the relationship between human hands and the systems they build. The weight and permanence of concrete contrasts with the implied movement of the transmission's parts, suspending the mechanism in a state of frozen analysis.
- Medium
- cast concrete, in 32 parts
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Latin America
May 23, 2013
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