Painted metal dumpster, concrete base, and cacti
2.8 m high
Painted gold and set on a raised base, a large dumpster becomes a monument. It loses its original function and takes on a character that is at once solemn and ironic. Surrounded by cacti that make it hard to approach, the work delivers a biting critique of Brazil's social contradictions, questioning the cultural hierarchies and mechanisms of exclusion that keep large segments of the population from accessing art.
Paulo Bruscky
Lives and works in Recife, Brazil
At Usina de Arte: Brazil 2017 (2017)
A central figure of conceptual art in Brazil, he has built a career marked by experimentation, social critique and the use of languages such as visual poetry, performance, mail art, urban interventions, Super-8 film and new media. A native of Pernambuco, his practice is based in Recife.
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