Alejandro Diaz American, b. 1963
Lost Our Lease, 2009
Mexican birdcage, hand-painted wood sign
10 x 8 x 9.5 in
25.4 x 20.32 x 24.13 cm
25.4 x 20.32 x 24.13 cm
Edition 4 of 10 plus 2 AP
A series of found object sculptures crafted in the late 2000s during the Great Recession evoke surrealist and post-conceptual art practices, speaking to the complex and irrational realities that accompany...
A series of found object sculptures crafted in the late 2000s during the Great Recession evoke surrealist and post-conceptual art practices, speaking to the complex and irrational realities that accompany national crises. These concepts find relevance yet again in the Pandemic-era. Lost Our Lease features an empty Mexican birdcage and a miniature cardboard sign scrawled with the title.
