![]() The artists represented the United States in the 2011 Venice Biennial. Their work has been featured in solo and group shows internationally, including Dia Art Foundation (2015) the Venice Biennale (2015, 2005) Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany (2012) the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009) and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2008). 1971, Havana) began their artistic collaboration in 1995 and have produced an expansive and interdisciplinary body of work involving sculpture, video, sound work, performance, and social interventions that focus on the regional concerns of their often site-specific installations. 1974, Philadelphia) and Guillermo Calzadilla (b. Continuing the artists’ sublime and surreal treatments of the massive machines that power our lives, industries, and militaries, the sculpture invokes a complex social matrix.Īllora & Calzadilla are internationally recognized for their radical approach to form. The mirror-like finish on the stone’s polished side reflects the missing half of the loader, creating the illusion of a whole. ![]() The work’s more than thirty tons of black granite forms an incomplete symmetry with half of a construction loader. Inspired by both a general sense of loss and hope that is personal to the artists, the work explores how the United States’ policies towards the Hispanic Caribbean Islands of Puerto Rico and Cuba have impacted the social, economic, and political realities in the region and for members of its diaspora, many of whom reside in Miami. The newly commissioned sculpture Unspecified Promise (2017) by artist duo Allora & Calzadilla is a contemporary interpretation of the granite monument that reflects on the political and technological issues of our time. ArtOfIllusion / ArtOfIllusion Public Notifications Fork 22 Star 63 Code Issues 39 Pull requests 35 Actions Projects Security Insights Releases Tags Sailsman63 nightly- b0cd823 Compare Nightly Pre-release Enhanced script editing options, plus a good bit of internal refactors.
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