Alexander Kaletski Moscú, Rusia, b. 1946
Monsieur Vuitton, 2015
Mixed media on cardboard
104 x 46.5 cm
41 x 18 1/4 in
41 x 18 1/4 in
© 2015 Alexander Kaletski / Courtesy Fundación AMMA
Photo: Alejandro Paez
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An unfolded box is used to frame the portrait of an elegantly dressed man whose slightly Fauvist features highlight the schematic orthogonality of his clothing.
Although he also works in sculpture and video art, Alexander Kaletski is best known for his use of cardboard boxes, which he paints and assembles into collages. Finding discarded boxes is part of the artist’s creative process, thereby introducing the ready-made into a body of work that naturally incorporates traces of other historical movements.
Although he also works in sculpture and video art, Alexander Kaletski is best known for his use of cardboard boxes, which he paints and assembles into collages. Finding discarded boxes is part of the artist’s creative process, thereby introducing the ready-made into a body of work that naturally incorporates traces of other historical movements.