Model Home (Sonata I)
2012
steel, glass, silicone, plaster, lead, tin
37 x 45 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata II)
2012
steel, glass, silicone, plaster, lead, tin
37 x 45 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata III)
2012
metal, glass, silicone, lead, concrete, stain
37 x 45 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata IV)
2012
steel, glass, silicone, lead, concrete, stain
37 x 45 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata IX)
2013
steel, glass, silicone, cement, mirror
37 x 80 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata V)
2012
steel, glass, stain, lead, tar, silicone
37 x 45 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata VI)
2013
steel, glass, silicone, plaster
37 x 45 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata VII)
2013
37 x 80 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
Model Home (Sonata XI)
2013
steel, mirror, glass, silicone, plaster, wood, lead, tin
37 x 120 centimeters
Unique
Continuing his work on the standardized architecture of suburban houses, Wilfrid ALMENDRA presents a new series entitled "Model Home (Sonata)", in reference to this type of music in several movements. The diversion of various materials salvaged from construction sites of individual houses such as Phoenix, emblem of suburbia in the 80s, leads to forms instantly recognizable but unrelated to their original function. The yellow glass tiles of the entrance, the safety glass of the basements as well as the opaque tiles of the bathrooms of these houses are mounted on an entry railing or an anti-burglar bar to give a new form of ideal. The sculpture similar to a stained-glass window brings a new dimension both ornamental and sacred, giving to these scrap materials a new value, between fragility and nostalgia for bygone days.
