Maria Elena Gonzalez Magic Carpet

Maria elena gonzález uses simple geometric forms and industrial materials to create sculptures installations and outdoor architectural interventions.

Maria elena gonzalez magic carpet. He is a sentient persian carpet whom aladdin befriends while traversing the cave of wonders. The museum of modern. In 1999 gonzález received widespread acclaim for her site specific sculpture magic carpet home commissioned by the public art fund. Moma ps1 archives ii a 1140.

The magic carpet better known as just carpet is a supporting character in disney s 1992 animated feature film aladdin. ماريا إلينا غونزاليس بالإنجليزية. Titled magic carpet home 2003 2017 it recreates the original 2003 installation based on an apartment in watts. Maria elena gonzález uses simple geometric forms and industrial materials to create sculptures installations and outdoor architectural interventions.

Maria elena gonzález is a cuban american artist best known for her sculptural installations informed by architecture and personal experience. My interests with the tactility of sculpture and the primacy of form the allure of materials and craft and recombining materials and ideas are of a primary nature to me she says. Over the next year the artist began works of imaginary architecture including a mnemonic architecture series of drawings of her childhood home in cuba based on memory. María elena gonzález born 1957 in havana cuba is a cuban american artist best known for her sculptural installations that are architecturally as well as personally informed.

Carpet was created a thousand years ago by the legendary sorcerer and carpet weaver khuriya who created one hundred magic carpets each with their own unique patterns and colors. Installation view of carpet by maria elena gonzalez and behind the house ii by arturo herrera in the p s. In 1999 gonzález did earlier iterations of magic carpet home using public housing and parks in brooklyn and pittsburgh. In 1999 gonzález received widespread acclaim for her site specific outdoor sculpture magic carpet home.

1 exhibition greater new york february 27 may 30 2000. My interests with the tactility of sculpture and the primacy of form the allure of materials and craft and recombining materials and ideas are of a primary nature to me she says. You are invited to walk on an outdoor piece set in a lawn by the cuban american maria elena gonzález magic carpet home 2003 17 a black undulating rubber surface that resembles.