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Photo: Paul Macapia
Capula XVI (obolo a)
Photo: Paul Macapia

Capula XVI (obolo a)

Date2006
Pedro Reyes' interactive, sculptural Capula are part of an ongoing series that he has installed around the world. Woven by Mexican craftspeople, these vinyl sculptures translate local basketry techniques to an architectural scale. Seen against Reyes' Mural, their solid geometry becomes flattened and optical. In the mural, as in the space of the Pavilion itself, human beings interact with geometry and respond to changing visual systems. The mural incorporates graphic design, technical drawing and perspective diagrams to imagine a world of varied spaces, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional. Pedro Reyes was born in Mexico City in 1972 where he currently lives and works. His work has appeared at the Venice Biennale (2003), the Shanghai Biennial (2002), the Museum of Natural History (2003), the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico (2001), at PS1 MOMA and Kunstwerk Berlin (both 2002), and in the Braunschweig Parcours Project in Germany (2004). In 2006, he will exhibit his work in solo exhibitions at the Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, the Carpenter Center Harvard University, Cambridge Massachussetts, and Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York.
Object number2007.3
ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by the Seattle Art Museum, June 15, 2006
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, SAM Olympic Sculpture Park, "Pedro Reyes", January 20, 2007 - March 9, 2008Published ReferencesCorrin, Lisa Graziose et al. "Olympic Sculpture Park." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, illus. p. 37 (rendering) Ishikawa, Chiyo, ed. "A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, illus. p. 112
Credit LineOlympic Sculpture Park Art Acquisition Fund and the Modern Art Acquisition Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensionsapprox. 98 x 98 x 78 in. (248.9 x 248.9 x 198.1 cm)
MediumStainless steel and woven vinyl
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