Artist Statement
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THE ALTERED SPACE: THE DOMESTIC SPACE? THE MONITORED SPACE? THE VIOLATED SPACE? THE INJURED SPACE? THE INOPERATIVE SPACE? THE AVOIDED SPACE? THE CAMOUFLAGED SPACE? … TO ME, THESE QUESTIONS ARE ALSO MODELS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE EXISTENCE OF A SPACE THAT TENDS TO ENLARGE ITSELF MORE AND MORE EACH TIME; WHICH BEGINS TO EXIT THE PHYSICAL MARGINS TO ENTER THE REALMS OF SUBJECTIVITY. THE CONFLICT THAT GENERATES SUCH A DISPLACEMENT HAS BECOME THE CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF RESEARCH IN MY RECENT WORK. FORMULATING THESE QUESTIONS AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO ELUCIDATE THEM HAVE HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND SPACE, IN THE REALMS OF SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, AND OTHER MANIFESTATIONS, AS A PLACE OF ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL CONFRONTATIONS. [End Page 881]
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Alexandre Arrechea, Orange Tree (2003-2010) Lacquered aluminum (20’)
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Alexandre Arrechea, Pregón (2009) Grand piano, wood, and felt
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Alexandre Arrechea, Sherry Netherland (2013) Painted steel (14 ¾’ x 14 ½’ x 1 ¼’)
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Alexandre Arrechea, Architectural Elements (2004–2005) Photograph (30” x 40” and 20” x 30”)
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Alexandre Arrechea, Elastic Chrysler (2010) Aluminum (50” x 7” x 60”)
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Alexandre Arrechea, Conspiracy (2007) Plywood, black formica (91” x 17” x 32”)
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Alexandre Arrechea, White Corner (2006) Video installation on brick wall corner
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Alexandre Arrechea, Mississippi Bucket (2008) Driftwood salvaged from the Mississippi River after Hurricane Katrina (32’ x 28’ x 1 ¹/₃’)
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ALEXANDRE ARRECHEA, a sculptor and installation artist, was born in Trinidad, Cuba, in 1970. From 1991 to 2003, he worked with the artist collective Los Carpinteros, and in 1994 he graduated from Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. His work has been exhibited throughout Europe and the Americas, including Greece, Switzerland, Cuba, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Argentina, Poland, the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, France, Russia, Venezuela, Mexico, Portugal, and others. His awards, fellowships, and honors include NO LIMITS (Park Avenue Mall, NYC, 2013), “Defeated Space” (San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA, 2011), Braziers International (Oxfordshire, UK, 2005), Artist in Residence, Baltic Center for Contemporary Art (New Castle, UK, 2002), Prize from Fomento de las Artes (UNESCO, Bienal de la Habana, 2000), First Prize, Contemporary Art-People’s Award (El Mundo Magazine, Argentaria Foundation, ARCO Fair, 1997), and Endowment (Departamento de Exposiciones y Colecciones, Ministerio de Cultura Español, Madrid, Spain, 1995–1996).
