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Artworks
Darío Escobar
Obverse & Reverse XXXI, 2017Leather, nylon, polystyrene, stainless steel140 x 185 x 64 cm
55,12 x 72,83 x 25,2 inDE17001Further images
The work starts from a reflection about the industrial object, in this case a sculpture formed by soccer balls sewn among them to form a cloud. It dialogues about the...The work starts from a reflection about the industrial object, in this case a sculpture formed by soccer balls sewn among them to form a cloud. It dialogues about the insistence in thinking of the same object in a sculptural operation; a new configuration of an element repeated obsessively, as when exhibiting a product in supermarkets or sport stores.
Escobar is impressed by the space solutions for aisles that can be seen in this kind of places and by the way these solutions also try to make the product more appealing to the eye. This series of works also tell us about the accumulation not from a point of view centered in the ready-made individuality but from the accumulation of the merchandise as raw prime for a contemporary sculpture.Sports have been a recurring theme in Darío Escobar’s work. For Escobar the sporting equipment is used as tools to describe globalism. It becomes a sign of multinational brands and movement that have swept across cultures and countries.Exhibitions
2021
“BALLS”, OOF Gallery, London, United Kingdom1of 9
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