Pedro Reyes (artist)
Pedro Reyes (* 1972 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican sculptor .
life and work
Pedro Reyes studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México .
In 2008 Reyes began his ongoing project Palas por Pistolas . Together with the local authorities, Reyes launched a campaign calling on the citizens of Culiacan to surrender their weapons. In return for the weapons, they received household appliances or electronic products. A total of 1527 weapons were collected in this way, then crushed by a steam roller and later melted down. From the metal obtained in this way, spades were made in 1527 , which were used to plant trees in 1527. A follow-up project is Disarm (2012), in which 6,700 weapons were transformed into a series of musical instruments.
Reyes' project "Sanatorium", which was presented at dOCUMENTA (13) in 2012, has been running since 2011 . It is a utopian, makeshift clinic in which typical illnesses of city dwellers such as stress, loneliness or feelings of fear are treated.
Exhibitions
June 24 to November 25, 2020, Museum Tinguely Basel : Return to Sender ("Back to Sender ")
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Serpentine Galleries Park Nights 2018: Pedro Reyes, Manufacturing Mischief accessed on April 11, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Pedro Reyes accessed on April 11, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Pedro Reyes accessed on April 11, 2019 (English)
- ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 292, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
- ^ Badische Zeitung: Gun barrels to organ pipes - Art - Badische Zeitung. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Reyes, Pedro |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |