LOS CARPINTEROS – BOLA DE PELO
2013-07-01Upon entering the gallery, one encounters forty metal sculptures that seem to cover the floor of the first gallery space. Clavos Torcidos [Twisted Nails] (2013) is an installation comprised of large-format nails (approx. 150 – 200 cm, each). Seemingly twisted and rusty the nails look like they have been extracted from their former purpose and discarded. The motif of “Failure” comes to mind. Bent out of shape, the nails have lost their purpose, when in reality the sculptures have been carefully crafted. Here, the ordinary becomes extraordinary. The different contours drawn by Clavos Torcidos resemble lying bodies, which are sleeping in different positions or the falled men after combat – in both cases the work discusses on the human shape and its suffering. This physicality finds an echo in the second gallery space, where the video work Pellejo is shown.
Exhibition runs through to July 27th, 2013
Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Zahnradstrasse 21
CH-8005 Zurich
Switzerland
