Iván ARGOTE

How to make the dishes coherently

solo show

March 14, 2015 - May 9, 2015

NC Arte

Reddish Blue is an exhibition/project based on a rumour associated with the history of George Eastman's Kodak company, and its switch from Kodachrome to Ektachrome. This was allegedly done for ideological reasons: in the late 1960’s they realised that Kodachrome pictures turned reddish with time, and in the context of Cold War decided that the United States' archives could not end up with the enemy’s color, and so developed the Ektachrome process, in which pictures eventually turn blue.
The exhibition space is conceived as a narrative and speculative system in which collages and reconstructed archives tell new stories. The pictures used for the collages are extracted from specialized photography books, propaganda and newspapers from the time. Pieces of concrete arches, and other architectural elements are present in the space.
Courtesy Perrotin

View of the exhibition “How to make the dishes coherently” at NC Arte Bogotà (Colombia), 2015

“La puesta en marcha de un sistema”, 2015 / Laser cutting papers in books about photography and propaganda of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s of different origins, neodymium magnets, welded steel mounted on the wall structure / 97 × 247 × 55 cm , 38 1/4 × 97 1/4 × 21 3/4 inches
Courtesy Perrotin

View of the exhibition “How to make the dishes coherently” at NC Arte Bogotà (Colombia), 2015

Sculpture : "Excerpt: Un nuevo final" 2015 / Concrete, polyuréthane, steel, paint / 178 x 258 x 48 cm, 70 1/16 x 101 1/2 x 19 inches / Unique
On right : "Rojizo Azuloso", 2015 / Wall painting, 80 diapositivas / Variable dimensions
Courtesy Perrotin

View of the exhibition “How to make the dishes coherently” at NC Arte Bogotà (Colombia), 2015

“Patrimonio matrimonio”, 2015 / Concrete, wood, steel, paint / 217 × 156 × 48 cm, 85 1/2 × 61 1/2 × 19 inches
Courtesy Perrotin

View of the exhibition “How to make the dishes coherently” at NC Arte Bogotà (Colombia), 2015

“No estoy llorando, sólo estoy sin voz”, 2015 / Concrete, wood, steel, paint / 201 × 156 × 48 cm, 79 1/8 × 61 1/2 × 19 inches
Courtesy Perrotin

View of the exhibition “How to make the dishes coherently” at NC Arte Bogotà (Colombia), 2015

"Excerpt: Siempre habrán dos primeras veces", 2015 / Concrete, polyuréthane, steel, paint / 248 x 136 x 45 cm, 97 1/2 x 53 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches / Unique
Courtesy Perrotin