Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2020
Photo: Anna Konrath

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Pharoh@AllThatSunEncircles.eg., From the series All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset, 2018
paper collage on wood
118 x 164 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2020
Photo: Anna Konrath

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2020
Photo: Anna Konrath

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Are Machines smarter than me? From the series Know Your Company, 2011–2015
alternative casket (corrugated cardboard box), framed vintage ad (lithograph) and narrative wall label

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Comfort. From the series In Advance of the broken Model, 2019
Structure of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's MR Adjustable Chaise Longe (designed ca. 1927) intervened with solar panels and electronic components connecting to Ikea Frosta-hack as Alvar Aalto stool 60 (designed 1933) and narrative label
dimensions variable; approx. 80 x 120 x 178 cm

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
2 parts, each 45,5 x 38,5 x 3,5 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Chronoscope 1952 or 1953, 11pm (I), 2012–2017
video-installation; 34 min single channel HD projection in colour and stereo sound, screenplay booklets and pink carpeting set
dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
In collaboration with Paolo Gasparini. Architects Carlos Raúl Villanueva and Carlos Celis Cepero, Taller de Arquitectura del Banco Obrero. El Paraíso Residential Unit, Caracas, 1952-1955. Polychrome facade and paper collages fragments by Alejandro Otero (detail). From the series Sub-Entanglement Woven-Sustainable-Emigrant,, 2006–2008
Framed C-print, chromogenic collage from original vintage negative (1954), book open at pages 51-52 and spread out book jacket on shelf
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with unknown Warao artisan and Holger Niehaus
Warao Chinchorro / Hammock, (water-oil). 2004-2014. From the series Modern Entanglements
installation, hand-woven Moriche Palm fiber hammock, framed archival pigment print by Holger Niehaus
dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Exhibition View, Electoral Autocracy, Galerie Martin Janda, 2016
Photo: Markus Wörgötter

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Redwash Plan, 2012. From the series Electoral Autocracy
Washing machine instruction manual marked by original owner and vintage plastic map
29 x 36 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Love Washing Machine made in the People's Republic of China, 2012-2016. From the series Electoral Autocracy
400 rubber-stamped pamphlets, polyester thread, UV printed Alu-Dibond, wood and metal parts
230 x 288 x 288 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Love Washing Machine made in the People's Republic of China, (detail) 2012-2016. From the series Electoral Autocracy
400 rubber-stamped pamphlets, polyester thread, UV printed Alu-Dibond, wood and metal parts
230 x 288 x 288 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Ana Alenso
Homeland’s Agenda, (detail) 2016. From the series Electoral Autocracy
HDTV Monitor, lamp and digital player installed on supermarket cart; custom made seats; single channel HD video, stereo sound, Spanish with English subtitles
29 min, 122 x 148 x 102 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Rubber-stamp-me, 2012-2016. From the series Electoral Autocracy
The public is invited to rubber-stamp the exhibition catalogue or press release with chavista propaganda.
Rubber stamp with golden “Made in China” sticker, ink-pad and exhibition literature on plinth
110 x 40 x 25 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Merchandise Exhibition - First class - 1965. Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2015
Archival pigment print in artist frame
Photo: def image
25,8 x 32,5 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Standard Creole with Bikini, 1940s. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009
Custom framed C-print and wall label
Installation dimensions 92,7 x 195 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Álvaro Sotillo & Aixa Díaz
2006, 2008. From the series Modern Entanglements
Self-Adhesive vinyl, pencil writing on wall and leaflet
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Álvaro Sotillo & Aixa Díaz
2006, (detail) 2008. From the series Modern Entanglements
Self-Adhesive vinyl, pencil writing on wall and leaflet
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Álvaro Sotillo & Aixa Díaz
2006, (detail) 2008. From the series Modern Entanglements
Self-Adhesive vinyl, pencil writing on wall and leaflet
Installation dimensions variable 

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
2 corrupted files from page 12, [m6], 2006−2008. From the series Los Manolos, Plan Caracas No. 2, 1974-1976
Archival pigment print from faulty scanner. Diasec mounting on aluminum
151 x 113 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
2 corrupted files from page 17, [m11], 2006-2008. From the series Los Manolos, Plan Caracas No. 2, 1974-1976
Archival pigment print from faulty scanner. Diasec mounting on aluminum
151 x 113 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Nostalgic Apparatus, Caracas: Heaven’s branch on earth, 1998. Installation view at Galerie Martin Janda, 2016
Photo: Markus Wörgötter

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
North Silhouette: Cableway Fragment. Humboldt Planetarium, circa 1960. Nostalgic Apparatus, Caracas: Heaven’s branch on earth, 1998
Custom framed archival pigment print
107 x 143 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
South Silhouette: Universidad Central de Venezuela Fragment. Humboldt Planetarium, circa 1960. Nostalgic Apparatus, Caracas: Heaven’s branch on earth, 1998
Custom framed archival pigment print
107 x 143 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
CBS ads from Fortune Magazine, published 1951-1953, 2011-2015. From the series Know Your Company
Set of 6 double page ads (lithographs) custom mounted on conservation mat board, individually framed and wall label with narrative
Dimension vary with installation

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Jan Balteo-Yabur
I never told Jan about Tanzanian ivory, (detail) 2015. From the series: Dad, I want to help you to make a little bit of money
Acrylic paint on rocks following Jan’s instructions, brass nails, glue and wall label with narrative
6 x 9 x 9 cm, (excluding label). Photo: def image

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Jan Balteo-Yabur
Kackemacher (Portrait), (detail) 2015. From the series: Dad, I want to help you to make a little bit of money
Oil crayon on paper in artist frame and wall label with narrative
41 x 35 x 3,5 cm (excluding label). Photo: def image

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Jan Balteo-Yabur
Cool Sculpture (Flor Concreta), (detail) 2014-2015. From the series: Dad, I want to help you to make a little bit of money
Oil crayon on upcycled wood, assembled according to Jan’s configuration; glue, brass, felt and wall label with narrative
11 x 10,5 x 4 cm (excluding label). Photo: def image

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
2 corrupted files from page 14 and 15, (M9). From the series Los Manolos, Plan Caracas No. 2, 1974-1976, 2006-2008
Archival pigment print from faulty scanner. Diasec mounting on aluminum
151 x 113 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
2 corrupted files from page 13, [m7], From the series Los Manolos, Plan Caracas No. 2, 1974-1976, 2006-2008
Archival pigment print from faulty scanner. Diasec mounting on aluminum
151 x 113 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Rolando Peña & Yanomamo elder
Chinchorro / Hängematte, (Yanomamo version), 2004-2010. From the series Modern Entanglements
Hand-woven Moriche Palm fiber hammock, framed silkscreen and wall labels
300 x 400 x 300 cm. Photo: Antoine Turillon

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin & Paolo Gasparini
Architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in collaboration with Alexander Calder. Aula Magna auditorium, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, 1954. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009 (Suite view)
Four framed C-prints from unstable (1954) Kodachromes attributed to Paolo Gasparini, two wall labels with narrative text and sound track
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin & Paolo Gasparini
Architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in collaboration with Alexander Calder. Aula Magna auditorium, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, 1954. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009 (Purple detail)
Framed C-print from unstable (1954) Kodachrome attributed to Paolo Gasparini, two wall labels with narrative text
184 x 184 cm (framed). Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin & Paolo Gasparini
Architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in collaboration with Alexander Calder. Aula Magna auditorium, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, 1954. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009 (Red detail)
Framed C-print from unstable (1954) Kodachrome attributed to Paolo Gasparini, two wall labels with narrative text
184 x 184 cm (framed). Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin & Paolo Gasparini
Behind the Scenes, 1954. Architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in collaboration with Alexander Calder, Aula Magna auditorium, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, (detail) 2006-2009
Framed C-print from unstable (1954) Kodachrome attributed to Paolo Gasparini, two wall labels with narrative text
120 x 120 cm (framed). Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Breuer-Levi’s From the series Modern Entanglements, 2004
Narrative label, one pair of Levi's 501 blue jeans trousers and one flipped Cesca chair structure by Marcel Breuer.
48,5 x 77,5 x 46,5 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Mobile for the Hotel Ávila, 1939–1942 and The Larger Picture, 1939–1942. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, (Suite view) 2006-2009
Two framed C-prints, mock construction plan of Calder's mobile (print on paper) and two wall labels with narrative text
Installed suite 280 x 410 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Mobile for the Hotel Ávila, 1939–1942. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, (detail) 2006-2009
Framed C-print; mock construction plan of Calder's mobile (print on paper) and wall label with narrative text
Installation size: 280 x 204 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
The Larger Picture, 1939-1942. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009
Framed C-print and wall label with narrative text
Installation size: 91 x 205 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Didactic Panel and Model of Alexander Calder's Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943. From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, (detail) 2007-2009
Face-mounted C-Print digital reproduction
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Preparatory Drawing for Model of Alexander Calder's Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943. From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, 2007-2009
Ink hand-drawing on inkjet print, on paper
35 x 27 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & 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
Installation size: 177 x 160,5 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Model of Alexander Calder’s Cône d’ébène, 1933 + Saddam Cloud. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009
Ebonized wood, metal, synthetic fabric and thread, vinyl lettering on wall and wall label with narrative text
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Model of Alexander Calder’s Cône d’ébène, 1933 + Saddam Cloud. From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009
Ebonized wood, metal, synthetic fabric and thread, vinyl lettering on wall and wall label with narrative text
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
R.S.V.P, 1939 (C-print version). From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, 2007-2009
Framed C-print, framed Time magazine cover, vinyl lettering on wall and wall label with narrative text
Installation dimensions: 90 x 120 cm

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Chronoscope, 1951, 11pm, 2011 (video still)
Single channel HD video projection, 25 min, stereo sound, screenplay booklets and furniture set
Installation dimensions variable

Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck & Media Farzin
Chronoscope, 1951, 11pm. [Stelae], 2009
12 C-prints, diasec mounting with aluminum frames and wall label with legend
91 x 320 cm