Basement (Évasion)
2010
macadam, concrete
64.5 x 66.5 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his "Basement" series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Beyond the abstract beauty of the whole, Wilfrid ALMENDRA stresses the opposition between individualistic aspirations embodied by suburban houses, and their standardized reality.
Basement (Futura)
2010
macadam, concrete
79.5 x 119 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his "Basement" series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Beyond the abstract beauty of the whole, Wilfrid ALMENDRA stresses the opposition between individualistic aspirations embodied by suburban houses, and their standardized reality.
Basement (Urba)
2010
macadam, concrete
62 x 89 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his "Basement" series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Beyond the abstract beauty of the whole, Wilfrid ALMENDRA stresses the opposition between individualistic aspirations embodied by suburban houses, and their standardized reality.
Basement (Concreto)
2011
macadam, concrete
70 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his Basement series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. ". Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. Beyond the abstract beauty of this assembly, Wilfred ALMENDRA puts here in tension the individual desire embodied in the house and its standardized reality.
Basement (Essentielle)
2010
macadam, concrete
65 x 89 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his Basement series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Beyond the abstract beauty of the whole, Wilfrid ALMENDRA stresses the opposition between individualistic aspirations embodied by suburban houses, and their standardized reality.
Basement (Évolution)
2011
macadam, concrete
70 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his Basement series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. ". Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. Beyond the abstract beauty of this assembly, Wilfred ALMENDRA puts here in tension the individual desire embodied in the house and its standardized reality.
Basement (Idylle)
2011
macadam, concrete
70 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his Basement series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. ". Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. Beyond the abstract beauty of this assembly, Wilfred ALMENDRA puts here in tension the individual desire embodied in the house and its standardized reality.
Basement (Prélude)
2011
macadam, concrete
70 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his Basement series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. ". Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. Beyond the abstract beauty of this assembly, Wilfred ALMENDRA puts here in tension the individual desire embodied in the house and its standardized reality.
Basement (Privilège)
2011
macadam, concrete
70 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his Basement series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. ". Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. Beyond the abstract beauty of this assembly, Wilfred ALMENDRA puts here in tension the individual desire embodied in the house and its standardized reality.
Basement (Référence)
2010
macadam, concrete
69.5 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his 'Basement' series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Beyond the abstract beauty of the whole, Wilfrid ALMENDRA stresses the opposition between individualistic aspirations embodied by suburban houses, and their standardized reality.
Basement (Romance)
2010
macadam, concrete
69.5 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his 'Basement' series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Beyond the abstract beauty of the whole, Wilfrid ALMENDRA stresses the opposition between individualistic aspirations embodied by suburban houses, and their standardized reality.
Basement (Transcendant)
2011
macadam, concrete
70 x 90 centimeters
Unique
In his sculptures and installations, Wilfrid ALMENDRA questions the suburban destiny of Modernist Utopias. For his Basement series, he turns a raw piece of asphalt, taken directly from a road, into a building lot, onto which he inserts a concrete molding reproducing, in small scale, the floor plan of a standardized Phoenix house – whose name gives the work its subtitle. Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. ". Giving various heights for different parts of each house seems to bring out modernist villas, a variety of models of lodges that envisions the plans. Beyond the abstract beauty of this assembly, Wilfred ALMENDRA puts here in tension the individual desire embodied in the house and its standardized reality.
