José Alejandro Restrepo
El caballero de la fé

Courtesy Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Artist José Alejandro Restrepo (Colombian, born 1959)Colombian, born 1959

CultureColombian

Titles

El caballero de la fé
The Knight of Faith

Date2011

MediumSingle-channel video, edition 4/5

Dimensions8 minutes

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2015.1

Not on view

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Department

Latin American Art

Object Type

ProvenanceThe artist, Bogotá; [Valenzuela Klenner Galeria, Bogota]; sold to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Hacer el Sacrificio" (Instalación/performance), Museo Nacional, Bogotá, 2011–2012.

"Bogotápolis," Museo de arte–Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, 2012.

"La Revolucion está de Moda," Valenzuela Klenner Galería, ARTBO, Bogotá, 2012.

"Variaciones sobre el Sacrificio," Galeria Ignacio Liprandí, Buenos Aires, 2012.

"Realidades en conflicto," Espacio Art Nexus, Bogotá, 2014.

“Contemporary Art: Selections from the Museum’s Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 3–September 21, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Original Copy DVD, inscribed with black permanent marker: 2011 / 7 min.
Exhibition Copy DVD, inscribed with black permanent marker: EL CABALLERO DE LA FE
Interior of storage box, inscribed with black permanent marker: [signature] / 2011 / 4/5

Original copy DVD, signed in black permanent marker: José A Restrepo
Interior of storage box, signed in black permanent marker: José A Restrepo

Engraved into lid of storage box: El Caballero de la Fe / José Alejandro Restrepo / 2011 / 7 min
Original copy DVD, stamped with purple ink: José Alejandro Restrepo / EL CABALLERO DE LA FE

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