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In advance of his first museum presentation at ICA Miami, artist Carlos Sandoval de León conceives three rituals for his new site-specific sculpture: joining his father’s daily journey to play the lottery; a reading of his installation’s birth chart by Miami astrologer Maria del Carmen Canales; and an intervention at Home Depot by the artist and his father. The artist’s engagement with each ritual is documented and presented as a three-channel composite video.
For his exhibition at ICA Miami, Carlos Sandoval de León creates a site-specific, large-scale architectural installation that incorporates both new and existing sculptures. In these works, Sandoval de León deconstructs, repurposes, manipulates, and hybridizes raw, industrial materials with found objects, incorporating bricks, earth, discarded clothes, volcanic pearls, industrial soap, bullet-proof plexiglass, pizza boxes, armadillo shells, and souvenirs, among other materials.
Carlos Sandoval de León (b. 1975, Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico) has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the United States, including Project Row Houses, Houston (2015); El Museo Bienal: The (S) Files, El Museo del Barrio, New York (2011–12); and Salad Days, Artists Space, New York (2008). Recent solo exhibitions have been presented at Central Fine, Miami Beach (2018); and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (2015).
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In advance of his first museum presentation at ICA Miami, artist Carlos Sandoval de León conceives three rituals for his new site-specific sculpture: joining his father’s daily journey to play the lottery; a reading of his installation’s birth chart by Miami astrologer Maria del Carmen Canales; and an intervention at Home Depot by the artist and his father. The artist’s engagement with each ritual is documented and presented as a three-channel composite video.
For his exhibition at ICA Miami, Carlos Sandoval de León creates a site-specific, large-scale architectural installation that incorporates both new and existing sculptures. In these works, Sandoval de León deconstructs, repurposes, manipulates, and hybridizes raw, industrial materials with found objects, incorporating bricks, earth, discarded clothes, volcanic pearls, industrial soap, bullet-proof plexiglass, pizza boxes, armadillo shells, and souvenirs, among other materials.
Carlos Sandoval de León (b. 1975, Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico) has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the United States, including Project Row Houses, Houston (2015); El Museo Bienal: The (S) Files, El Museo del Barrio, New York (2011–12); and Salad Days, Artists Space, New York (2008). Recent solo exhibitions have been presented at Central Fine, Miami Beach (2018); and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (2015).
Exhibitions: icamia.org/exhibitions
Stay connected: icamia.org/subscribe
Plan your visit: icamia.org/visit
Watch more on ICA Channel: icamia.org/channel
Membership means more at ICA Miami. Join today for expanded access to a world of innovative art and ideas: icamia.org/support
#icamiami #carlossandovaldeleon
