Podgaric Toy
Artist
Los Carpinteros(Cuban)Cuban
CultureCuban
Titles
- Podgaric Toy
Date2013
MediumWood and LEGO® bricks
Dimensions77 1/2 × 155 3/4 × 35 in. (196.9 × 395.6 × 88.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2015.81
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 309
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Conga Irreversible," Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, May 11 - June 22, 2013.
"Contingent Beauty." Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. November 22, 2015 - February 28th, 2016.
Published References Ankele, Gundrun and Daniela Zyman. "Los Carpinteros. Handwork-Constructing The World," Cologne: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and Walther Konig, 2010. Berry, Ian. "Opener 19: Los Carpinteros," New York: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, New York, 2009. (extensive bibliography is forthcoming)
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