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Jorge Macchi (Argentina)
This work is on display at Tate Modern, London as part of the room 'Subversive Objects' until June 2005.
Jorge Macchi is a contemporary artist who, since 1996, has taken several residencies in Europe, and had a one-man exhibition 'Incidental Music' at the University of Essex (University Gallery, 1998). Macchi works with everyday, ready-made and ephemeral objects in a variety of media including installations, video, painting collage and photography. His work explores ideas of fate, chance and violence. This untitled piece comprises a domestic pillow covered in a paisley pillowcase that has been wrapped in a shattered sheet of glass. As in other works Macchi has carefully controlled the shattering process so that the fractures coincide with the pillowcase's design. Such contrived coincidences and the combination of diverse materials are common features of Macchi's work. |
