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Los Carpinteros

Los Carpinteros (Born est.1991) is active/lives in Cuba.  Los Carpinteros is known for Surreal watercolor paintings (furniture).

Los Carpinteros (The Carpenters) are three Cuban artists:  Daboberto Rodriguez Sanchez, b. 1969; Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, born 1971; and Alexandre Arrechea, born 1970.  See their individual artist records on AskART.com

This is a Havana-based collective, which has created some of the most important work to emerge from Cuba in the past decade.  Formed in 1991, the trio until the departure of Alexandre Arrechea in June 2003, adopted their name in 1994, deciding to renounce the notion of individual authorship and refer back to an older guild tradition of artisans and skilled laborers.  Interested in the intersection between art and society, the group merges architecture, design, and sculpture in unexpected and often humorous ways. They create installations and drawings which negotiate the space between the functional and the nonfunctional.  The group's elegant and mordantly humorous sculptures, drawings, and installations draw their in   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2200 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Los Carpinteros available:    Yoan Capote,  Alexandre Arrechea,  Guillermo Kuitca,  Antonio Dias,  Carlos Garaicoa,  Damian Ortega,  Will Ryman,  Tunga,  Sandra Cinto,  Edgar Negret,  Ivan Serpa,  Amilcar de Castro,  Otavio and Gustavo Os Gemeos,  The Merger,  Jennifer Steinkamp,  Secundino Hernandez,  Manuel Mendive,  Arcangelo Ianelli,  Darren Almond,  Mira Schendel,  Ivan Navarro,  Julio Larraz,  Jose Bedia Valdes,  Thomas Houseago