Boston ICA, 100 Northern Avenue Boston, USA

  • 1.ICA Bridges and Dams
    Title : 1.ICA Bridges and Dams
  • 10.ICA Cosmic Thing 2
    Title : 10.ICA Cosmic Thing 2
  • 2.ICA Belo Horizonte 2
    Title : 2.ICA Belo Horizonte 2
  • 3.ICA Classified Cob
    Title : 3.ICA Classified Cob
  • 4.ICA Nine Types of Terrain 1
    Title : 4.ICA Nine Types of Terrain 1
  • 5.ICA Nine Types of Terrain 2
    Title : 5.ICA Nine Types of Terrain 2
  • 8.ICA False Movement
    Title : 8.ICA False Movement
  • 9.ICA Cosmic Thing 1
    Title : 9.ICA Cosmic Thing 1


Catalogue, Do It Yourself: Damian Ortega

From the Boston ICA Website

Born in 1967 in Mexico City, Ortega is one of the most prominent artists of the new Mexican generation. This exhibition, the first-ever survey of Ortega’s work, will show the arc of his artistic output with a range of sculpture, installation, video, and photography.

In Ortega’s work, objects are never allowed to rest’they are pulled apart, suspended, or rearranged, calling attention to the dynamism of the world around us and the hidden poetry in the everyday. A former political cartoonist, Ortega brings a subtle, incisive wit to his surprising manipulations of familiar, humble materials’bricks, old tools, Coca-Cola bottles, tortillas, and even a Volkswagen Beetle are assembled and reassembled in playful and imaginative ways.

9 Types of Terrain, 2007

A tour of the show

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