Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck

Born 1972 in Caracas (VEN)
Lives and works in Berlin (DE)

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck’s work is informed by historic conceptual art. His approach highlights the notion of collaborative authorship by explicitly quoting, incorporating or making reference to the works of others. His productions have been shown internationally since the mid-nineties and are represented in institutional and private collections. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and works in Berlin.

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck frequently engages in a research-based practice that confronts cultural, political, and socioeconomic subjects. His works directly comment on, question, and provide specific definition to our perceptions of power.

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2020 — *Exhibition view*, Galerie Martin Janda, 2020
Photo: Anna Konrath

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, Ian's Gulf (maps version). From the series All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset, 2018 — Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, *Ian's Gulf (maps version). From the series All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset*, 2018
Cardamom and rose pepper glued on maps (four pages, lithographic print, Fortune magazine 1951) custom mounted on conservation mat board, individually framed, edition of 3 + 1 A.P., 2 parts, each 45.5 × 38.5 × 3.5 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, In collaboration with Media Farzin. Detail of Alexander Calder’s performing mobile Orange Fish (1946) at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, 2007–2009 — Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, *In collaboration with Media Farzin. Detail of Alexander Calder’s performing mobile Orange Fish (1946) at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect*, 2007–2009
Framed C-print, vinyl lettering on wall and two wall labels with narrative text, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., installation dimensions 177 × 160.5 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin, Standard Creole with Bikini, 1940s. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006–2009 — Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin, *Standard Creole with Bikini, 1940s. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions*, 2006–2009
Framed C-print and wall label, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., installation dimensions 92.7 × 195 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, Corrupted file from page 14, [v1]. From the series La Vega, Plan Caracas No. 1, 1974–1976, 2006–2008 — Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, *Corrupted file from page 14, [v1]. From the series La Vega, Plan Caracas No. 1, 1974–1976*, 2006–2008
Digital C-print from faulty Scanner, face mounted on UV acrylic and Dibond backing with wood stretcher and ‘Z’ bar, edition of 3 + 2 A.P., 114 × 114 cm

Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck in collaboration with Paolo Gasparini and Media Farzin, Architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in collaboration with Alexander Calder. Aula Magna auditorium, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, 1954. (Purple) From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006–2009
Framed C-print from faded 1954 Kodachromes attributed to Paolo Gasparini, wall label with narrative text, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., 184 × 184 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, In collaboration with unknown Warao artisan and Holger Niehaus. Warao Chinchorro / Hammock, (water-oil). From the series Modern Entanglements-Sovereignty, 2004–2014 — Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, *In collaboration with unknown Warao artisan and Holger Niehaus. Warao Chinchorro / Hammock, (water-oil). From the series Modern Entanglements-Sovereignty*, 2004–2014
Hand-woven Moriche Palm fiber hammock, framed archival pigment print by Holger Niehaus, installation dimensions variable, approx. 300 × 400 × 300 cm

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