Permanent Collection
Leandro ERLICH
The facade of a European-style building lies flat on the floor, and when people strike their preferred poses on top of it, they are reflected in gravity-defying style in a giant, slanted mirror. The work can be viewed objectively from the space in front, meaning that those on the building are “performing” under that gaze. The existence of multiple viewpoints in Edificio —Buenos Airesengenders not only the experience of full immersion in a work of art, but also reciprocal relationships of see/be seen among the people sharing the setting.
Photo: Oyamada Kuniya
Leandro ERLICH
Born in Argentina in 1973, Leandro Erlich lives and works in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay).
As a conceptual artist, his work explores the perceptual bases of reality and our capacity to interrogate these same foundations through a visual framework.
Everyday architecture is a recurring motif in Erlich’s art, aimed at creating a dialogue between what we believe and what we see, just as he seeks to close the distance between the museum or gallery space and daily experience.
His major recent solo exhibitions include “Leandro Erlich: Seeing and Believing” (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2017), “Liminal” (Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires, 2019), and “The Confines of the Great Void” (Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China, 2019).
2012/2021
Mixed media
626×1050×700 cm
