Iván Capote

Err–Cell, 2014

Bronze, steel and water, variable dimensions


  • Undoubtedly, the talented conceptual Cuban artist Iván Capote continues to make steady progress, both technically and artistically, as we seen in his last project entitled Verbo (Verb) conceived for the 12th Havana Biennial contemporary art exhibition, one of the best showcases presented for that event.
  • En muchas de las obras de Iván Capote las palabras son corporizadas en el espacio a la manera de artefactos cuya materialidad es decisiva en términos de significación, debido al saldo estético que el artista sabe extraerle a metales como el hierro, bronce, acero, aluminio, etc.
  • In his effort to work on “concept sculptures” from language, Iván Capote gives capital importance to the words material dimension (its typography, its chromatic and graphic edges, its body, its composition, etc.) as well as its disposition in space before any other consideration.