Los Carpinteros

Los Carpinteros
FormationHavana, Cuba, 1992
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
Spanish

Los Carpinteros is a Cuban artist collective founded in Havana in 1992 by Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea (who left the group in 2003).[1] In 1994 they decided "to renounce the notion of individual authorship and refer back to an older guild tradition of artisans and skilled laborers”[2] in an attempt to emphasize their belief that art always, to some extent, involves collaboration.[3] Both Valdes and Sanchez were born in Cuba and live and work between Havana and Madrid.[1] They have exhibited in Cuba, Europe and North America, and have received a number of awards.

  1. ^ a b [pumestudio.com], PUM! estudio. "Los Carpinteros". loscarpinteros.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  2. ^ "Los Carpinteros". Sean Kelly. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Los Carpinteros: Seeing Double | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2017-03-29.