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This striking contemporary sculpture features an intricate arrangement of twisted and tangled bronze elements, evoking a sense of organic growth and decay. The complex, sculptural forms resemble roots or coral, with an earthy, reddish-brown hue that gives the piece a weathered, antiqued appearance. The overall composition has a dynamic, volatile quality, suggesting a frozen moment of dynamic movement and transformation. The artist's innovative use of bronze and their attention to textural detail create a captivating interplay between the natural and the industrial, prompting reflections on themes of nature, time, and the passage of ephemeral existence. ...
Max Hooper Schneider
B.1982, AmericanMax Hooper Schneider's installations and assemblages focus on themes of death, destruction, and mutation. They are a series of fragmented dreamscapes made of chains, fluorescent tubes, monstrous fingers, and other suggested morphologies whose times and places intertwine, hovering in a transitory perimortal state that evokes both loss and resurrection. According to Schneider and his work, each body exists only through its interactions, communications, and exchanges of matter, energy, and information with other bodies. A 'trans-habitat' is created in which a tension exists between the traumatic and the marvelous. ...
Max Hooper Schneider: Artworks
Instituto de Visión
Bogotá, New York CityInstituto de Vision is a Bogotá and New York based gallery for conceptual practices. Their mission is to investigate conceptual discourses that have been neglected by the official Latin American art canon. They have recovered important estates from the Latin American art of the mid century and continue to research the most enigmatic oeuvres of the region. Through a parallel program, they represent some of the most relevant contemporary practices from Colombia, Chile, North America, Venezuela, and others. Directed by three women, Instituto de Vision gives special attention to female voices, queer theories, environmental activism, the conflicts of migration, and other critical positions that challenge the established order. Using the international art scene as a platform, they are committed to give visibility and expand the work of artists that reveal critical realities and raise important questions for these contemporary subjects. ...