Here's Fidel Castro's Head Made of 3,000 Door Hinges
A giant metallic bust of the controversial Cuban leader, a bronze hammer and sickle, and silver prints in porcelain urinals emerge in Yoan Capote's 'Collective Unconscious.'
Yoan Capote: Collective Unconscious (installation view), Jack Shainman Gallery, May 28 –July 10, 2015. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
3,000 recycled door hinges meld together to create Cuban artist Yoan Capote's supersized bust of Fidel Castro, Immanence. The recycled spectacle serves as the literal figurehead for the artist’s second solo exhibition Collective Unconscious, which opened May 28 at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. Sourcing the metallic joints directly from the island’s populous, the artist “went door to door offering people new hinges in exchange for their old ones,” says a gallery representative. The looming piece stands alongside the rest of the Capote’s highly symbolic and allusive show, containing many years of works including a gilt bronze hammer and sickle, cast bronze hands spelling out "Freedom" in sign language, and silver prints laid in porcelain urinals.
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“Collective Unconscious explores history and the distinctive ways in which shared social experiences influence the individual,” explains the show’s press release. “Drawing on Carl Jung’s assertion that a person’s behavior and thoughts maintain an unconscious link with the past and its archetypes, Capote delves into his Cuban nationality while speaking to a universal experience.” Below, check out images from Yoan Capote's Collective Unconscious:
Immanence, 2015, wood doors, door hinges, metal structure, 120 x 180 x 180 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Door Closer (Legacy), 2014-2015, gilded bronze, steel, 4 3/4 x 10 x 16 inches, Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Old Speech, 2010- 2011, stone, bronze, iron, sand, photo documentation, Speaker – 34 x 22 x 12 3/4 inches, Speaker with chain – 38 x 25 x 17 inches, Microphone and stand – 59 x 23 x 23 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Abstinencia (Libertad), 2014, cast bronze and framed alphabet (engraving and drypoint) dimensions variable Edition of 5, with 2 artist proofs, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Pride, 2015, anvil, bronze figure, sledgehammer, 86 x 34 x 9 3/4 inches (figure) 33 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches (sledgehammer), Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Laboratorio (Embudo), 2012, gelatin silver prints on a pair of porcelain urinals, 12 x 12 inches (diameter each), Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
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