Teresa Margolles
Estorbo (Obstruction) II, 2019
Installation consisting of 90 concrete cube and color prints (posters), mounted unframed on the wall. Each cube shows the initials of Venezuelan men who have migrated to Cucutá, Colombia, and work as „Trocheros“ (trail-finder and carrier) at the frontier bridge Simón Bolívar. The t-shirts that belonged to these men, soaked with their sweat, have been given to the artist in an act of exchange and cast in the cubes. Each photograph corresponds to one cube.
Each cube: 15 x 15 x 15 cm (5 ⅞ x 5 ⅞ x 5 ⅞ in.)
Each photograph: 180 x 120 cm (70 ⅞ x 47 ¼ in.)
Each photograph: 180 x 120 cm (70 ⅞ x 47 ¼ in.)
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