The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Tool Bones I-VI

Tool Bones I-VI

2013
(Mexican, b. 1967)
Mexico, 21st century
plaster
Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2013.90
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Each component of this artwork contains tools covered in fabric and white plaster.

Description

Damián Ortega's Tool Bones I-VI comprises six objects. Each component is created with interlaced tools that are covered in fabric and white plaster, resulting in forms that resemble bones. Through this process, Ortega reconfigures ordinary items into organic-abstract objects that evoke questions of mortality and human existence.
  • 2013 - purchased from the artist, Damián Ortega, by Cleveland Museum of Art
  • {{cite web|title=Tool Bones I-VI|url=false|author=Damián Ortega|year=2013|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.90