EDUARDO CERVANTES: A NEW MAN / February 16-March 18, 2007

The series “A New Man” are an examination on the body as a fictitious entity. They synthesize some of my ideas on the deconstruction and appropriation of the found object, in this case low profile merchandise. They are built from 3-D puzzle cards made in China that I have been collecting for years; trinkets for junk food that defy you to punch out the pieces and assemble a small three-dimensional model. I have been subverting their use and looking out for their intangible potential. I think of them as accidents in a dislocated global economy. In a world of waste, male transformers share common identities in a totemic culture of youth war.