About The Work
Luis Úrculo’s works often study the position/role of the observer and how by nature we need to understand the world that surround us by direct explanations, or in case of lack of this information, the use of interpretations to create maps of intellection. Tokyo Atlas (2014) is the result of the position of a beholder from abroad taking advantage from his limited information (sometimes total absence) about the phenomenology, culture, urban behaviors, organizational structures, organizational displays present all over the city of Tokyo. This unique work was originally presented at Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo as part of a set of 3 structures organized as a ring, a construction protecting a void, like the city of Tokyo explained on L’Empire des Signes by Roland Barthes. Each element is a letter, a unit/structure of this language which needs to be linked to the next but refers to an original which is interpreted.
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About Luis Úrculo
Sculpture
Lacquered wood, pigment, cord and acrylic boxes
Dimensions vary.
This work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
About The Work
Luis Úrculo’s works often study the position/role of the observer and how by nature we need to understand the world that surround us by direct explanations, or in case of lack of this information, the use of interpretations to create maps of intellection. Tokyo Atlas (2014) is the result of the position of a beholder from abroad taking advantage from his limited information (sometimes total absence) about the phenomenology, culture, urban behaviors, organizational structures, organizational displays present all over the city of Tokyo. This unique work was originally presented at Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo as part of a set of 3 structures organized as a ring, a construction protecting a void, like the city of Tokyo explained on L’Empire des Signes by Roland Barthes. Each element is a letter, a unit/structure of this language which needs to be linked to the next but refers to an original which is interpreted.
Courtesy of the artist
About Luis Úrculo
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