Camilo Ontiveros
Temporary Storage: The belongings of Juan Manuel Montes

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Temporary Storage: The belongings of Juan Manuel Montes
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CultureMexican
Titles
  • Temporary Storage: The belongings of Juan Manuel Montes
Date2009/2017
MediumPersonal belongings of Juan Manuel Montes, rope, metal saw horse, aluminum base, and wood
DimensionsOverall: 144 × 48 × 48 in. (365.8 × 121.9 × 121.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2017 Latin American Experience Gala and Auction
Object number2018.136
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist, Los Angeles; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition HistoryOntiveros produced the first version of Temporary Storage with his own belongings for the artist's 2009 thesis exhibition at UCLA. He then reimagined the work with Juan Manuel Montes's belongings specifically for Home:
"Home—So Different, So Appealing," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 11–October 15, 2017; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 17, 2017–January 21, 2018.

"When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, October 23, 2019–January 26, 2020; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, February 22–August 23, 2020.
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