...LOS CARPINTEROS...

Los Carpinteros are a group of cuban artists who take things from reality - drawers, footwear, pilons, measuring tapes - and give them fresh meanings by infusing them with new ideas. extremely playful and very connected tp havana, this group is fascinated with metaphors (who isn't really) - these imaginative leaps that allow them to draw new and curious connections between things that the mind may not be familiar with but absolutely delight in!

first they draw a picture of their idea and then they come together to discuss whether or not they will build it (if it is possible). one of the artists said that working in a group this way is organic - "it is not possible to be an artist alone. this is no true" - a siginificant statement for us to receive.

they have an exhibit at Museum London right now (until june) called "inventing the world" that is brilliant! i definitely urge you to check it out if you're in town, visit their website (follow the link here) and keep your eye out for them if ever they visit you. i love their art and feel many others will as well.

please enjoy these few pieces i've pasted below

this work is called The Creative Hand

this work is called Sandalia

this work is called Horno de Carbon