Blind

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Found objects are combined in 'Blind' to form a unique wall-mounted work. Transparent plastic strips, commonly used to create hygiene barriers in supermarkets, fall languidly over sections of red painted canvas. Brazilian-born Alexandre Da Cunha combines objects of otherwise low or no value to create unexpectedly compelling works of art. By undertaking the practice of recycling ordinary objects, as commonly done by street children in Brazilian cities, his work combines urban culture with fine art practice.

Government Art Collection

London

Title

Blind

Date

2005

Medium

oil & perspex on canvas

Measurements

H 51 x W 40.5 cm

Accession number

18056

Acquisition method

purchased from Vilma Gold, 2005

Work type

Painting

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