BARQUET Omar
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Omar Barquet
$14350Starting Bid: $14350
Buy It Now: $30750
FMV: $20500
Proceeds Split: Artist 50% | Locust Projects 50%
On view at Locust Projects April 13 - April 20 (For access on April 20 to the 2024 Spring Fling ticket is required PURCHASE HERE)
o Artist: Omar Barquet
o Title: EL NUDO POR VENIR
o Year: 2016
o Medium: Rocking chair fragments, enamel and lighting
o Dimensions: 82 x 47 x 31 inches
o Description: The works in the Mecedoras series are composed of fragments of wooden rocking chairs (mecedora in Spanish). In the works, I appoint each rocking chair fragment to be a letter of the alphabet based on the shadow it projects. Each piece in this series transforms a word or phrase from Francisco HernÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ''Ã'Ã'¡ndez's poem Cinco Melismas para Gunther Gerzo, inviting the viewer to "read" the poem on the wall as a calligraphic gesture. Additionally, each one of the rocking chair letters is situated at a specific height which is determined by a waveform analysis of the pitch and rhythm of the poet's voice as he reads his poem aloud.
o Artist website or Instagram: https://www.omarbarquet.com/art-series/mecedoras | https://www.instagram.com/omarbarquet/?hl=en
Courtesy of artist and Zilberman Gallery