damian ortega at barbican art gallery





Over the period of a month, from mid-September, acclaimed Mexican artist Damián Ortega
 is working in The Curve creating new works on a regular basis in response
to aspects of the daily news.


Each day he is taking inspiration from a newspaper; whether a news item, a photographic
story or graphics selected from local, national or international press which he translates
into a physical interpretation, be it a sculpture, installation, proposition or prototype
for a future project. Over the calendar month the works will accumulate in the gallery to
become both a sculptural chronicle of a particular period of time – and a dynamic
reinterpretation of the notion of an art commission.
more of 2012
Damián Ortega and Gabriel Orozco
at the 11th Havana Biennial, 2012
Abraham Cruzvillegas
in conversation with Mónica de la Torre
Carlos Amorales
Manifesta 9
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