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    • Tecnología Tamal II
      2010
      Plaster, cement and mat
      Plaster and cement: 37 × 130 × 35.4 cm, mat: 172 × 123 × 2 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Melting Point
      Installation view: Tool Bit, Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev
      2011
      Aluminium, lead, bronze, glass

      Courtesy of the artist and Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev

    • Damián Ortega
      Installation view of the exhibition "Damián Ortega" at kurimanzutto, Mexico City
      2011

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Body II
      2012
      Pigmented concrete, 12 pieces
      40 × 40 × 40 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Harvest
      Installation view: Gladstone Gallery, New York
      2013
      Steel sculptures and lamps
      Dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York

    • Cosmogonía doméstica
      2013
      Iron, wood, plywood, brass, aluminum, polyurethane foam, leather, 4 wooden chairs, ceramic dishes, cutlery, glass lamp, light bulb, circular table
      175 × 1060 × 1060 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and Museo Jumex, Mexico City

    • The Part played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man. “Darin Anteil der Arbeit an der Menschwerdung des Affen” (F. Engel)
      2013
      Wooden hand model and steel knives
      38 × 11 × 7 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Mechanism level: Speech. Complex Mechanism / Self-sufficient
      2013
      Homemade typewriter (wood and metal)
      23 × 40 × 30 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and White Cube, London

      Photo: Ben Westoby

    • How to make illusions
      2013
      Scissors, print, thread, cardboard and Plexiglas vitrine
      28.5 × 30.2 × 15.2 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and White Cube, London

      Photo: Ben Westoby

    • Proyecto para biblioteca Editorial Alias
      2014
      Installation: 1 bookcase, 2 tables, 12 chairs, one balsa sign, 5 posters, 3 mountables, 1 chicharronero pushcart, floor tiles, cement on plywood modules (35 m2 approx.), 12 lamps, 10 complete collections of Alias ​​(21 books each), 10 complete collections of Antitheses (5 books each)
      Dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • O fim da matéria (The end of material)
      Installation view: Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
      2014

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

    • Magnetósfera
      2014
      Tissue paper, dyed newspaper, kraft paper and white acid free adhesive
      50 × 32 cm each

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

    • Geoda 3: Cebolla
      2014
      Tissue paper and dyed newspaper and white acid free adhesive
      34 × 34 cm each

      Courtesy of the artist, kurimanzutto, Mexico City and Kukje Gallery, Seoul

    • Physical Graffiti 5
      2015
      Rebar
      140 × 165 cm

      Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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