Abraham Cruzvillegas Blind self portrait listening to ‘Our delight’ by Dizzie Gillespie, watching some nice videos -sent by IsadoraHastings- of Garifuna ladies dancing in frenzy during a ceremony in Trujillo, Honduras, after reading EmilianoMonge’s ‘La superficie más honda’ 2017

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Title
Blind self portrait listening to ‘Our delight’ by Dizzie Gillespie, watching some nice videos -sent by IsadoraHastings- of Garifuna ladies dancing in frenzy during a ceremony in Trujillo, Honduras, after reading EmilianoMonge’s ‘La superficie más honda’
Production Date
2017
Object Number
2017.262
Credit Line
Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, museum purchase with funds provided by Jorge M. Pérez
Copyright
© Abraham Cruzvillegas. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles
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Physical Qualities
Medium
Enamel on newspaper clippings, cardboard, photographs, drawings, postcards, envelopes, tickets, vouchers, letters, drawings, posters, flyers, cards, recipes, napkins, and steel pins
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Visual Description
Blind self portrait listening to ‘Our Delight’ by Dizzie Gillespie, watching some nice videos—sent by Isadora Hastings—of Garifuna ladies dancing in frenzy during a ceremony in Trujillo, Honduras, after reading Emiliano Monge’s ‘La superficie más honda’ is a collection of newspaper clippings, cardboard, photographs, drawings, postcards, envelopes, tickets, vouchers, letters, drawings, posters, flyers, cards, recipes, napkins, and steel pins covered in layers of enamel paint. Its size changes depending on how it’s displayed. This artwork is part of Abraham Cruzvillegas’ series called Blind self portraits. For these works, he gathers various paper items from his travels around the world, covers them with paint, and pins them to the wall. The lengthy titles often describe what the artist was experiencing when creating the work—what music he was listening to, what was happening in the news, or what he was reading. In this case, the various pieces of irregular-shaped paper objects are covered in a cream or off-white colored paint. They are arranged in a cloud of grid-like patterns that resemble an overhead view of a city or patchwork.
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Abraham Cruzvillegas — b. 1968, Mexico City; lives in Mexico City
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