Clutch

rafa esparza

Clutch, 201978.74 x 15.24 x 12.7cmSign in to view price
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adobe, fabric and metal strap, credit cardCommonwealth and Council
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features a wooden sculpture suspended by two yellow straps against a plain white wall. The sculpture is an irregularly shaped, organic form with a rough, textured surface, evoking a natural, earthy aesthetic. The minimalist composition and use of simple materials create a sense of tension and balance, drawing the viewer's attention to the sculptural form itself. This work likely explores themes of materiality, gravity, and the interplay between natural and man-made elements, reflecting the artist's unique sculptural style and conceptual approach to contemporary art. ...

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rafa esparza
Artist
rafa esparza
B.1981, American

rafa esparza (b. 1981, Los Angeles; lives and works in Los Angeles) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work reveals his interests in history, personal narratives, and kinship, his own relationship to colonization and the disrupted genealogies that it produces. esparza employs site-specificity, materiality, memory, and what he calls (non)documentation as primary tools to investigate and expose ideologies, power structures, and binary forms of identity that establish narratives, history, and social environments. esparza’s recent projects are grounded in laboring with land and adobe-making, a skill learned from his father, Ramón Esparza. In so doing, the artist invites Brown and Queer cultural producers to realize large-scale collective projects, gathering people together to build networks of support outside of traditional art spaces. ...

rafa esparza: Artworks
victory
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victory, 2021
116.84 x 86.36 x 3.81cm
love
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love, 2021
114.3 x 81.92 x 3.81cm
cuauhtlikeepers
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cuauhtlikeepers, 2021
27.94 x 33.02 x 26.67cm
metamorphosis
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metamorphosis, 2021
121.92 x 91.44 x 3.81cm
coatl
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coatl, 2020
39 x 76.2 x 60.96cm
cuauhtlikeepers
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cuauhtlikeepers, 2021
22.86 x 38.1 x 31.75cm
cuauhtlikeepers
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cuauhtlikeepers, 2021
27.94 x 36.83 x 17.78cm
citlali
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citlali, 2021
121.92 x 92.08 x 3.81cm
cruising
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cruising, 2021
180.34 x 121.92 x 3.81cm
vuela vuela
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vuela vuela, 2021
7.62 x 208.28 x 692.78cm
taquerita
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taquerita, 2021
180.34 x 121.92 x 3.81cm
Bonampak: Structure | Bird's-eye View
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Bonampak: Structure | Bird's-eye View, 2021
7.62 x 193.04 x 557.53cm
Guadalupe: Florecer
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Guadalupe: Florecer, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
G's Up
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G's Up, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
La Pow
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La Pow, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
Meño: Driver's Seat
rafa esparza
Meño: Driver's Seat, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
Rush: Holographic
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Rush: Holographic, 2021
152.4 x 106.68 x 3.81cm
thanks for staying alive Fern.1994
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thanks for staying alive Fern.1994, 2019
133.35 x 93.98 x 4.44cm
starshots: blue roses
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starshots: blue roses, 2019
173.99 x 114.3 x 4.44cm
Clutch
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Clutch, 2019
78.74 x 15.24 x 12.7cm
Infinity Truce, Huitzilin Ardiente (red)
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Infinity Truce, Huitzilin Ardiente (red), 2019
25.4 x 27.94 x 20.32cm
Infinity Truce, Huitzilin Agua (blue)
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Infinity Truce, Huitzilin Agua (blue), 2019
27.94 x 22.86 x 17.78cm
Taquero
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Taquero, 2021
190.5 x 115.57 x 3.81cm
big chillin with Patrisse
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big chillin with Patrisse, 2021
182.88 x 144.78 x 3.81cm
Yosi con Abuelita
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Yosi con Abuelita, 2021
182.88 x 144.78 x 3.81cm
Tayhana
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Tayhana, 2021
179.7 x 121.92 x 3.81cm
Chalino
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Chalino, 2021
181.61 x 124.46 x 3.81cm
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...

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