Tote Bag Paintings
2017 – present
Intervention.
Gesso and oil on tote bags; nails; wooden stretchers.
Dimensions variable.
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Tote bags, an ubiquitous item in the art world and often collected from fairs,
museums, galleries, or as gifts, are transformed into both the surface and
subject of a painting series exploring art's circulation and legitimation.
Prepared traditionally—stretched on a wooden frame, secured with nails, and coated
with gesso—I carefully select the bag's front, which is then meticulously
recreated with oil paint.
Credits
Tote Bag Paintings – Frieze London (2016) (2016). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Independent Brussels (2016) (2016). 27 x 27 x 2,8 cm.
Installation view of The Goma’s booth at ARCOMadrid 2018. IFEMA (Madrid, 2018).
Images: Art Viewer.
Tote Bag Paintings – LISTE (2016) (2016). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – MNCARS (2017). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Installation view of the exhibition Boothworks. The Goma (Madrid, 2017).
Images: Roberto Ruiz.
Tote Bag Paintings – Kunsthalle Wien, How to Live Together (2017) 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Frieze Masters (2017). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Parasol Unit London (2017) 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Art Brussels (2016) (2017). 27 x 27 x 3,5 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Frieze London (2016) (2016). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Independent Brussels (2016) (2016). 27 x 27 x 2,8 cm.
Installation view of The Goma’s booth at ARCOMadrid 2018. IFEMA (Madrid, 2018).
Images: Art Viewer.
Tote Bag Paintings – LISTE (2016) (2016). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – MNCARS (2017). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Installation view of the exhibition Boothworks. The Goma (Madrid, 2017).
Images: Roberto Ruiz.
Tote Bag Paintings – Kunsthalle Wien, How to Live Together (2017) 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Frieze Masters (2017). 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Parasol Unit London (2017) 27 x 27 x 3 cm.
Tote Bag Paintings – Art Brussels (2016) (2017). 27 x 27 x 3,5 cm.