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Jac Leirner — Corpus delicti
Jac Leirner

Corpus delicti

Jac Leirner's *Corpus delicti* is a conceptually charged work that reflects the Brazilian artist's longstanding interest in accumulation, systems, and the residual traces of everyday life. Leirner is known for assembling cast-off or overlooked materials into sculptural arrangements that blur the boundaries between object and evidence, the personal and the institutional. The title, a legal term referring to the material evidence of a crime, suggests a layered inquiry into presence, absence, and the body of proof left behind.

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Latin America

May 23, 2016

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Jac Leirner, Corpus delicti

Jac Leirner's *Corpus delicti* is a conceptually charged work that reflects the Brazilian artist's longstanding interest in accumulation, systems, and the residual traces of everyday life. Leirner is known for assembling cast-off or overlooked materials into sculptural arrangements that blur the boundaries between object and evidence, the personal and the institutional. The title, a legal term referring to the material evidence of a crime, suggests a layered inquiry into presence, absence, and the body of proof left behind.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Assemblage, Conceptual, Minimalist, Installation, Brazilian, Mixed Media, Modern, Provocative, Found Objects, Contemporary

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