Metamorphosis
Views of the site-specifics, before the perfomance. © Carlos Bunga.
Miami Art Museum
For his first solo exhibition in the United States, Bunga presented a large-scale site-specific installations at MAM, made out of cardboard and packing tape.
“With a particular interest in the connection between the pictorial and the architectural, Carlos Bunga investigates urban space and the transitory nature of architectural structures,” said curator Rina Carvajal. “Behind his psychologically and politically charged environments lie urgent and timely issues related to demographics, immigration, socio-economic disparity and the fragility of contemporary city life.”
The structures refer to the continuous and organic mutation of urban environments. After building his structures over weeks, and during the exhibiting period, the artist transforms them through a performance, tearing them down by himself and leaving them to be transited by the public.
PERFORMANCE
During and after the performance. © Carlos Bunga.
Courtesy: Miami Art Museum.
Curator: Rina Carvajal
2009. Miami, United States.
