Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda shops for plaster statuary for his sculpture Sticks and Stones(Harrison, New Jersey, 05.28.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda balances found materials for his sculpture Sticks and Stones at Storefront Ten Eyck (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 05.29.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda lifts a volcanic rock at Storefront Ten Eyck (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 05.29.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.
Artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda and Erik Benson balance found materials for the sculpture Sticks and Stones at Storefront Ten Eyck (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 05.29.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.
Artist Erik Benson balances found materials for the sculpture Sticks and Stones at Storefront Ten Eyck (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 05.29.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda examines his sculpture Sticks and Stones at Storefront Ten Eyck (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 05.29.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda assembles metal shelving for his sculpture At the palace in the air at 4 am at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.17.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda assembles metal shelving for his sculpture At the palace in the air at 4 am at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.17.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda and Alfonso Zárate assemble metal shelving for the sculpture At the palace in the air at 4 am at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.17.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda and Alfonso Zárate assemble metal shelving for the sculpture At the palace in the air at 4 am at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.17.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda adds found objects to a shelving structure as part of his sculpture At the palace in the air at 4 am at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.18.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda assembles metal shelving for his sculpture At the palace in the air at 4 am at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.18.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda surveys his sculpture At the palace in the air at 4 am at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.18.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda at the opening for his exhibition Las Quince Letras at Museo Experimental El Eco (Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City, 08.24.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by José Pablo Escamilla & Daniel Loustaunau.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda gives an interview at Hunter College (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 09.12.13). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Amitabh Joshi.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda on the roof of Erik Benson and Melissa Cooke’s apartment where he’s couch surfing (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 09.09.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda lifted up by Miriam Castillo and Shawn McGibboney in front of their apartment where he’s been couch surfing (Bushwick, Brooklyn, 09.09.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Wesley Miller.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda swings in the backyard of McKendree Key’s The Den artist residency (Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, 05.24.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Ian Forster.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda uses a drill to twist electrical wire in the hallway of Hunter College’s MFA studios (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda with a destroyed artwork in his Hunter College MFA studio (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 03.03.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Don Edler.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda disassembles his sculpture After all these years I realized that it is better to live outside the garden with her than inside without her in the Hunter College MFA studios (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 03.03.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Don Edler.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda returns plants used in a sculpture to Home Depot for a refund (E Train, Subway, 03.11.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Don Edler.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda wires fluorescent lights for his sculpture This placed Displaced Misplaced in his Hunter College MFA studio (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
A sketch for the sculpture This placed Displaced Misplaced by artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda climbs out the window of artist Marela Zacarías’s Hunter College MFA studio (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
Artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda and Irvin Morazan install the sculpture This placed Displaced Misplaced on the exterior of the Hunter College MFA studio building (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
Artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda and Irvin Morazan install the sculpture This placed Displaced Misplaced on the exterior of the Hunter College MFA studio building (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
Artists Alejandro Almanza Pereda and Irvin Morazan install the sculpture This placed Displaced Misplaced on the exterior of the Hunter College MFA studio building (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda with his sculpture This placed Displaced Misplaced installed on the exterior of the Hunter College MFA studio building (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
Artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda with his sculpture This placed Displaced Misplaced installed on the exterior of the Hunter College MFA studio building (Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, 05.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s Obstacle Course. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by John Marton.
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