The interdisciplinary quality of Alexandre Arrechea’s work reveals a profound interest in the exploration of both public and domestic spaces. This quest has led him to produce several monumental projects like “Ciudad Transportable” (2000), “The Garden of Mistrust” (2003-2005) and “Perpetual Free Entrance” (2006).
According to Alexandre Arrechea, in Western societies, politics is no more than a subtle continuation of war. His public art involves concepts of power and its network of hierarchies, serveillance, control, prohibitions and subjection…
As they say, nothing lasts forever-including artistic collaborations. For twelve years, Alexandre Arrechea, born in Trinidad, Cuba in 1970, was part of the trio Los Carpinteros. The group-an artistic collective based in Havana and formed by Arrechea, Marco Antonio Castillo, and Dagoberto Rodríguez—met when they were still students at the prestigious Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana in the early nineties…