hector zamora stacks mud brick lattice atop brazilian bikes

subverting the traditional function of a bicycle, mexican artist héctor zamora uncovers the familiar object’s conceptual and metaphorical possibilities. best known for his architectural and public interventions that deconstruct the urban surroundings and raise questions for passing observers, ‘brasil’ reflects the local south american landscape, haphazardly stacked on something transient and portable, alluding to much of the country’s volatile building foundation. zamora’s sculptural works asks observers to reconsider the physical environment, paying acute attention to the probable implications of the constructed world we live in today. by reappropriating the physical characteristics, forcing the bike to maintain a stationary position, ‘brazil’ asks us how to define the terms architecture and art in a rapidly changing landscape. ‘brasil’ was recently exhibited at art basel miami beach 2013 for luciana brito galeria, são paulo.

‘brasil’ | brazilian cargo bike + bricks
x architecture biennial, são paulo, brazil
hors les murs, the tuileries garden, paris, france
image courtesy of héctor zamora

the heavy packs allude to shaky building foundations found throughout the brazilian landscape
image courtesy of héctor zamora

‘brasil’, 2013
clay bricks, metal bicycle
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brasil at art basel miami beach
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‘protogeometrías’
image courtesy of héctor zamora

‘protogeometrías’
image courtesy of héctor zamora