bottle leg, 2017

The artwork pledge

• GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
• CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
• AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
• INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
• CLIMATE ACTION
• LIFE BELOW WATER
• LIFE ON LAND

Tags

• Alchemy
• Americas
• Anthropocene
• Antoni Tàpies
• Argentina
• Consumerism
• Extinction
• Found Objects
• France
• Human Body
• Kurt Schwitters
• Merzbau
• Mixed Media
• Performance Art
• Pollution
• Posthuman
• Readymade
• Sculpture 3D
• Social
• South America
• Spanish Civil War
• Waste

About this artwork

Superimposing clothing, paper, and a recycled bottle in layers, Diego Bianchi creates a new artifact that resembles either a hybrid mannequin or a surrealistic human body. Between disguise and provocation, this artwork offers a reflection on the body, the relationship to its environment, on materials, as well as on identity and hybridization.

The work was exhibited in the group show Pervert Vitrine in Paris in 2018 as part of the third edition of Festival OpenMyMed. It is consistent with the artist’s continual practice in realism — exploring how scrap materials can be recontextualized through exposure at any given time.

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• Diego Bianchi ARCHEO Polyestirene, 2012 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff $13,000 Buy now
• Diego Bianchi Dark landscape on the table, 2011 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff $1,300 Buy now
• Diego Bianchi hedgehog box, 2016 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff $15,500 Buy now
• Diego Bianchi Magic hand massaging broken stuff, 2012 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff $3,300 Buy now

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