Jorge Pardo is dedicated to creating installations that pose the question of "where does the work end and real life begin." In a 2008 exhibition titled "House"at the Museum of Contemproary Art in... Read full biography
Jorge Pardo is dedicated to creating installations that pose the question of "where does the work end and real life begin." In a 2008 exhibition titled "House"at the Museum of Contemproary Art in Miami and previously at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, he created seven living spaces... Read full biography
Jorge Pardo is dedicated to creating installations that pose the question of "where does the work end and real life begin." In a 2008 exhibition titled "House"at the Museum of Contemproary Art in Miami and previously at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, he created seven living spaces designated with names such as 'bedroom', kitchen and living room. The idea was to give a sense of merging life and art and to remove a boundaries between real existence and museum isolation of 'fine art'... Read full biography
Jorge Pardo is dedicated to creating installations that pose the question of "where does the work end and real life begin." In a 2008 exhibition titled "House"at the Museum of Contemproary Art in Miami and previously at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, he created seven living spaces designated with names such as 'bedroom', kitchen and living room. The idea was to give a sense of merging life and art and to remove a boundaries between real existence and museum isolation of 'fine art' objects. With large-scale photo murals, styrofoam props , silkscreens, and hand-made furniture appearing objects, this exhibition was described as a "walk in sculpture." (Ratcliff) . Pardo was born in Havana, Cuba, 1963 and moved to the United... Read full biography
Jorge Pardo is dedicated to creating installations that pose the question of "where does the work end and real life begin." In a 2008 exhibition titled "House"at the Museum of Contemproary Art in Miami and previously at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, he created seven living spaces designated with names such as 'bedroom', kitchen and living room. The idea was to give a sense of merging life and art and to remove a boundaries between real existence and museum isolation of 'fine art' objects. With large-scale photo murals, styrofoam props , silkscreens, and hand-made furniture appearing objects, this exhibition was described as a "walk in sculpture." (Ratcliff) . Pardo was born in Havana, Cuba, 1963 and moved to the United States as a young child. He received his BFA at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA and studied at the University o... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (3)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Art at the Turn of the Millennium
1999
Larsen, Lars et all
561 pages (color)
Defining the Nineties Consensus Making in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles (Exhibition catalog)