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Tool Bones I-VI
2013
Damián Ortega
Damián Ortega (Mexican, b. 1967)
Contemporary Art
Tool Bones I-VI, 2013. Damián Ortega (Mexican, b. 1967). Plaster; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2013.90 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. Each component of this artwork contains tools covered in fabric and white plaster.
- Maker/Artist
- Ortega, Damián
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- plaster
- Medium
- plaster
- Departments
- Contemporary Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.90
- Credit Line
- Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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