Abraham Cruzvillegas
El Campo de la Verdad, 2022
El Campo de la Verdad, 2022
Abraham Cruzvillegas, El Campo de la Verdad, 2022
Abraham Cruzvillegas, El Campo de la Verdad, 2022
Abraham Cruzvillegas, El Campo de la Verdad, 2022
Abraham Cruzvillegas, El Campo de la Verdad, 2022
Past
Thirty-seven collages, handwritten project description
21 x 29.7 cm (each)
Produced by TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary for the exhibition Abundant Futures
El Campo de la Verdad is a series of collages with no specific narrative or subject matter. It draws on materials and references including a specific vegetal species (Astragalus boeticus, a seed that has been used in an infusion during scarcity times, also known as “poor man’s coffee”) identified by the biologist Rafa Tamajón at the wasteland near the C3A and the shores of the Guadalquivir river, in Córdoba, Spain; images from a sample of this seed collected on a Sunday excursion; and clippings from local and international newspapers assembled during the hanging of the exhibition “Abundant Futures,” drawn from the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, on view at C3A in spring 2022.
El Campo de la Verdad has been made in support of the environmental rescue activities of www.platalugar.org, for revitalizing the abundant plot of land.
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1968. Lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
21 x 29.7 cm (each)
Produced by TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary for the exhibition Abundant Futures
El Campo de la Verdad is a series of collages with no specific narrative or subject matter. It draws on materials and references including a specific vegetal species (Astragalus boeticus, a seed that has been used in an infusion during scarcity times, also known as “poor man’s coffee”) identified by the biologist Rafa Tamajón at the wasteland near the C3A and the shores of the Guadalquivir river, in Córdoba, Spain; images from a sample of this seed collected on a Sunday excursion; and clippings from local and international newspapers assembled during the hanging of the exhibition “Abundant Futures,” drawn from the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, on view at C3A in spring 2022.
El Campo de la Verdad has been made in support of the environmental rescue activities of www.platalugar.org, for revitalizing the abundant plot of land.
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1968. Lives in Mexico City, Mexico.