Abraham Cruzvillegas

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas, Autorretrato fronterizo y chispeante abrazando el retrato de Gilberto Bosques, escuchando pirekuas y tragando esquites afuera de la catedral (2014)
Abundant Futures: Works from the TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain
April 1, 2022 – March 5, 2023

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas, El Campo de la Verdad (2022)
Abundant Futures: Works from the TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain
April 1, 2022 – March 5, 2023

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas, Una cita a ciegas con Ibn Zaydun, entre el aceite y el agua (2022)
Abundant Futures: Works from the TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain
April 1, 2022 – March 5, 2023

Performance documentation of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Three times three triangles together
Okayama Art Summit, Japan
October 21, 2022

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas, Autoconstrucción: Fragments (2007)
Dream On
NEON, Athens, Greece
June 8, 2022 – November 27, 2022
Photo: Natalia Tsoukala

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas, Autoconstrucción: Fragments (2007)
Dream On
NEON, Athens, Greece
June 8, 2022 – November 27, 2022
Photo: Natalia Tsoukala

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas
éclat
Les Tanneries, Amilly, France
June 25 – November 20, 2022
Photo: Aurélien Mole

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas
éclat
Les Tanneries, Amilly, France
June 25 – November 20, 2022
Photo: Aurélien Mole

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
The Contemporary Austin, Texas
March 30 – July 14, 2019
Photo: Colin Doyle

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
The Contemporary Austin, Texas
March 29, 2019
Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons

Performance activation of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
The Contemporary Austin, Texas
March 30, 2019
Performer: Marcela Calderón Bony, Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons

Performance activation of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
The Contemporary Austin, Texas
March 30, 2019
Performer: Marcela Calderón Bony, Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons

Performance activation of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
The Contemporary Austin, Texas
March 30, 2019
Performer: Diego Espinosa Cruz González, Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons

Performance activation of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
The Contemporary Austin, Texas
March 30, 2019
Performer: Diego Espinosa Cruz González, Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons

Performance activation of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
The Contemporary Austin, Texas
March 30, 2019
Performer: Diego Espinosa Cruz González, Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: Agua dulce
The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
November 29, 2020 – April 18, 2021
Photo: Zaire Kacz, Courtesy the Bass, Miami Beach

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
October 18, 2019 - January 26, 2020
Photo: Tony Prikryl

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
October 18, 2019 - January 26, 2020
Photo: Tony Prikryl

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
October 18, 2019 - January 26, 2020
Photo: Tony Prikryl

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Ballad of Etc.
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
September 12 – December 20, 2019
Photo: Michael Tropea, Courtesy The Arts Club of Chicago

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Ballad of Etc.
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
September 12 – December 20, 2019
Photo: Michael Tropea, Courtesy The Arts Club of Chicago

Installation view of Autorreconstrucción: Social Tissue
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
February 16 - March 25, 2018
Photo: Nelly Rodriguez

Installation view of Autorreconstrucción: Social Tissue
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
February 16 - March 25, 2018
Photo: Nelly Rodriguez

Installation view of
The Water Trilogy 3: Autoconclusion: Ideologically Inconsistent Identity: Jetties, Gutters & Urinals
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
October 14, 2107 – January 14, 2018
Photo: Studio Hans Wilschut

Installation view of
Autoconcanción
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
September 17 - October 22, 2016

Installation view of
The Water Trilogy 2: Autodefensión Microtonal Obrera Campesina Estudiantil Metabolista Descalza
Fondation d’entreprise Hermes, Tokyo, Japan
April 21 – July 2, 2017

Autoconcanción 1

2016

Ink on paper

29 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches (74.9 x 105.4 cm)

Autoconcanción C

2016

Collage

19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (49.5 x 64.8 cm)

Autoconcanción 5
2016
Ink on paper
29 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches (74.9 x 105.4 cm)

Autoconcanción J
2016
Collage
19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (49.5 x 64.8 cm)

Installation view of
Empty Lot
Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London
October 13, 2015 - April 3, 2016
Photo © Tate, London, 2016

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Autoconstrucción Suites
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
March 23 - September 22, 2013

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Autoconstrucción Suites
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
March 23 - September 22, 2013

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Autoconstrucción Suites
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
March 23 - September 22, 2013

Installation view of Autodestrucción 1
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
November 3 - December 22, 2012

Zah-Zuh-Zaz (joyful & warm)
2012
Rebar, chain, feathers, and meat
150 x 82 x 51 inches (381 x 208.3 x 129.5 cm)

April in Paris (brief & delirious)
2012
Rebar, fabric, feathers, chain, beer bottle caps, and meat
115 x 80 x 84 inches (292.1 x 203.2 x 213.4 cm)

Ils sont zazous (democratist & engaged)
2012
Rebar, fabric, feathers, chain, and meat
35 x 135 x 30 inches (88.9 x 342.9 x 76.2 cm)

Chicas Patas Boogie (sweaty & needy)
2012
Rebar, fabric, feathers, chain, and meat
100 x 80 x 93 inches (254 x 203.2 x 236.2 cm)

Blind self-portrait as a gloomy primate exchanging a lot of cocoa seeds for a little bit of good sex at Chateau Marmont
2012
Purple acrylic paint on newspaper clippings, cardboard, photographs, drawings, postcards, envelopes, tickets, vouchers, letters, drawings, posters, flyers, cards, recipes, napkins and steel pins on wall
Dimensions variable
Installation of 204 pieces