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    • Cosmic Thing
      Installation view of the exhibition "Do It Yourself" at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2009)
      2002
      Volkswagen Beetle ‘89, metal wires, threaded bars, plexiglass
      Dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and ICA Boston

    • Moby Dick
      2004
      Performance: White Volkswagen Beetle ‘76, pulleys, ropes, grease, drums, electric bass, electric guitar, amplifiers, paint

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Iglesia en rotación
      Installation view: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
      2004
      Bricks, chalk drawing on the floor
      1200 × 1000 × 50 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Elote clasificado
      2005
      Dry corn cob
      15 × 5 × 5 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Drawing for "Controller of the Universe"
      2007

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Controller of the Universe
      2007
      Found tools and wire
      285 × 405 × 455 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and White Cube, London

    • Being II
      Installation view: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
      2007
      Plywood and copper sheet
      Dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

    • Piel-Skin, Centro Urbano Presidente Alemán C.U.P.A, 1950, Mario Pani, México D.F., L’ Unité D’ habita- tion à Berlin, 1956 - 1958, Le Corbusier, Berlin, Germany, Przyczolek Grochowski Housing. LCS, 1963, Oskar Hansen, Warsaw, Poland.
      2007
      Floor plan of three different apartments on natural cow leather strips and thread
      Leathers: variable dimensions, graphics: 50 × 25 × .6 cm each

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Project for Social Housing
      Installation view: Tool Bit, Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev (2011)
      2007
      Clay bricks, cement, silicone and steel
      Dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev

    • Campo de visión/Champ de vision
      Installation view: Centre Pompidou, Paris (2009)
      2008
      Spyhole and five thousand acrylic colored round plaques (red, yellow, blue, gray) hanging by steel wire
      1200 × 500 × 500 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris

    • Campo de visión/Champ de vision
      Installation view: Centre Pompidou, Paris (2009)
      2008
      Spyhole and five thousand acrylic colored round plaques (red, yellow, blue, gray) hanging by steel wire
      1200 × 500 × 500 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris

    • Five Buildings
      Installation view of the exhibition "Capital less" at Gladstone Gallery, New York
      2009
      Unique structure, eroded bricks, metallic internal support

      Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York

      © Damián Ortega

    • Do It Yourself
      Installation view: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
      2009

      Courtesy of the artist and ICA Boston

    • Bartolomeu Mitre, 332
      Installation view: ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2014)
      2009
      Iron
      Dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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