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"Heaven or Las Vegas" exhibition
Ivan Navarro, Want (Citic Plaza), 2011, neon, wood, paint, Plexiglass, mirror, one-way mirror and electric energy, 135.9 x 87.6 x 16.5 cm, PK 15249
From 3rd March 2011, Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York City, hosts iván navarros' artworks that include a collection of neon light wall sculptures that are built from the floor plans of twelve of the world's most iconic skyscrapers.
Iván Navarro was born in Santiago, Chile and is known internationally for his socio-politically charged sculptures of fluorescent and incandescent light. Recent solo exhibitions include Nowhere Man, Contemporary Art Center, Towner, UK (2009), Threshold, Chilean Pavilion, Aresnal, 53rd Venice Biennale (2009), Backstage, Speed of Light, and the Greenway Gallery-Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts, Australia (2008). His work is held in the public and private collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA), Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (Paris), LVMH Collection (Paris), Saatchi Collection (London), Martin Z. Margulies Warehouse (Miami, FL), and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea (Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Iván Navarro currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
Ivan also participated at this year's armory show in new york city with an installation constructed entirely from neon lights, called "armory fence".
The exhibition lasts on Saturday 2nd April 2011.
