hedgehog box, 2016

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

The cardboard tv box used as the main body of the artwork is a quotidian object. Yet, the many toothpicks on the surface makes it unapproachable or even gives a sense of intimidation reminding one of pain. Through this contrast, Diego Bianchi invites the viewer to ponder upon the nature of consumption and consumer waste.
Since the currency devaluation during the period in Argentina after 2001, the greater visibility of discarded materials had an especially profound impact on Bianchi’s practice. This sculpture is an excellent example of how the artist has been pursuing an ethic of art-making involving reuse of found materials.

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

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