Rodolfo Edwards
Chile
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My projects engage both poetically and politically within a discourse of multicultural exchange. How do people in different environments cope with economic and social exclusion? The physical and psychological correspondences between individuals and temporary precarious architecture are my primary preoccupations. My practice is increasingly focused on the architectural solutions to social situations. I am particularly interested in the Latin American Modernist Movement’s often un-acknowledged debt to vernacular world architecture. I have spent many years living and working in four capital cities – Caracas, my home city, London, Madrid and Sao Paulo – and my experiences of these extremely different economies have given me insights which deeply inform my practice. I engage directly, initially with photography, with specific locations, which are then combined and abstracted to various degrees to allow more universal human conditions to become evident.
Traducido del inglés
Mis proyectos se relacionan, de manera poética y política, dentro de un discurso de intercambio multicultural. ¿Cómo es que gente en diferentes ambientes sobrelleva la exclusión económica y social? Mis preocupaciones primordiales son los intercambios físicos y psicológicos entre individuos y la arquitectura temporal precaria. Mi práctica se enfoca cada vez más en las soluciones arquitectónicas de situaciones sociales. Estoy particularmente interesado en la a menudo no reconocida deuda del movimiento modernista latinoamericano a la arquitectura mundial vernácula. He pasado muchos años viviendo y trabajando en cuatro ciudades capitales: Caracas, mi ciudad de origen, Londres, Madrid y Sao Paulo, y mis experiencias con estas economías extremadamente distintas me han otorgado conocimientos que informan profundamente mi práctica. Me involucro directamente, inicialmente con la fotografía, con lugares específicos, que son después combinados y abstraídos a diferentes niveles para permitir que condiciones humanas universales se hagan evidentes.
Selected Biographical Information
Solo Exhibitions
- 2013: “Una Forma De Desorden Invasivo”, Galería Lucia de la Puente, Lima.
- 2013: “Intrusiones”, Galería Tajamar, Santiago de Chile.
- 2012: “Prototipo Vernacular”, Galería Oficina nº1, Caracas.
- 2012: “Modelo de Observação”, Espaço Cultural Instituto Cervantes, Sao Paulo.
- 2011: “Solo Project”, Curated by Pablo Leon De La Barra, Pinta Art Fair, London.
Group Exhibitions
- 2013: “Visao Do Paraiso: Pensamento Selvagem. ArtRio”, Curated by Julieta Gonzales-Pablo Leon de la Barra, Rio de Janeiro.
- 2013: “Tomar Medidas”, Espacio OTR, Madrid.
- 2012: “Optimismo Radical”, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York.
- 2012: “Lejos De Casa”, masART Galería, Curated by Virginia Torrente, Barcelona.
- 2011: “Album: fotografía contemporânea”, Baró Galería, Sao Paulo.
Publications
- Artealdia International, Ricardo Alcaide: The Space Between Two Worlds, Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, February 2012.
- HotShoe International, Ricardo Alcaide: The Necessities Of Verticality, Becky Beasley, London, October 2008.
- HotShoe International, Ricardo Alcaide: The Skin That Walks, Becky Beasley, London, February 2007.
Collections
- Zabludowicz Collection, Londron.
- Colección Fundación Cisneros, Caracas.
- Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo.
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas.
- GAN, Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas.
Links
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled with elements (nº5)”, 2013, Series: Intrusions, Mixed media, 21.5x28cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled with elements (nº1)”, 2013, Series: Intrusions, Mixed media, 21.5x28cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled with elements (nº2)”, 2013, Series: Intrusions, Mixed media, 21.5x28cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Intrusion nº1”, 2013, Series: Intrusions, Acrylic paint on Inkjet print-cotton paper, 120x80cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Intrusion nº5”, 2013, Series: Intrusions, Acrylic paint on Inkjet print-cotton paper, 21.5×28.5cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled”, 2012, Series: Observation Model, Mixed media, 26x33cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Plastic Model”, 2012, Series: Observation Model, Mixed media, 21.5×28.5cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Prototype nº5”, 2012, Series: Vernacular Prototype, Acrylic paint on Inkjet print-cotton paper, 21.5×28.5cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Observation Model nº1”, 2012, Series: Vernacular Prototype, C-Type print, 30x30cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled (Installation)”, 2013, Mixed media, 300x300x240cm. Site specific project, Espacio de Arte OTR, Madrid. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Hide nº75”, 2013, Series: Hide, Acrylic on canvas, 19x24cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled”, 2011, Cardboard and mdf, 25x43x18cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled nº42”, 2011, Series: Hide, Acrylic on mdf, 60x43cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Untitled nº9”, 2009, Series: Hide, Acrylic on canvas, 35x27cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Ricardo Alcaide, “Hide nº15”, 2009, Series: Hide, Acrylic on canvas, 24x33cm. Image courtesy of the artist.