Al Mureijah Art Spaces 2
Part 2 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.
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Venue: Bird and Animal Market
Reconstrucción2: Here we stand. 2015
Site-specific installation
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Autoconstrucción, or ‘self-building’, is an ongoing body of work by Abraham Cruzvillegas that consists of structures in a constant state of construction, destruction, rebuilding and openended motion. Sculptures made of locally culled detritus succinctly constructed for renewed purpose, they are at once commentary on the byproducts of capitalism and mass-production and homages to the efficiency of collective necessity.
During his site visit to Sharjah in March 2014, Cruzvillegas stumbled upon the Bird and Animal Market. There he found various livestock and exotic birds and was drawn in particular to ‘falcons sitting on ridiculous sticks with helmets covering their eyes.’ Returning to Sharjah a year after his first visit, Cruzvillegas went back to the market to simply look – searching for clues, histories and objects long discarded. Along the way he gathered found materials to propose a new structure of rest and display for the market’s falcons.
See also his work at
Bait Al Serkal
© Photo: Deema Shahin
Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation
© Text: SB12 Guidebook
Part 2 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.