Rubén Grilo
Holey
Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona
Jun 14 - Sep 25, 2023
Rubén Grilo
Rubén Grilo (Lugo, 1981) uses different media, such as sculpture, sound or moving image, to explore questions related to subjectivity and its complex relationship with technology. His pieces often make reference to the thresholds of perception and attention, the scale of the human body, the mechanics of affect and narratives that culturally reinforce the myth of the subject, such as creativity, personality or style. Although Grilo's work deliberately avoids interpretation, many of his pieces are formulated with a strong internal logic, and many elements appear recurrently, forming lineages or families of works that evolve over the years, as is the case with his research on chocolate, his laser animations or the series of pieces made with denim.
Selected Works
High Five Zara composition03b.ai (the Wordy)
2014
Laser washed and laser cut indigo denim stretched on aluminum frame, snap buttons, stitchings
129 x 110 cm (50 25⁄32 x 43 5⁄16 inches)
High Five Zara composition02b.ai (the Pushy Ones)
2014
Laser washed and laser cut indigo denim stretched on aluminum frame, snap buttons, stitchings
137 x 200 cm (53 15⁄16 x 78 3⁄4 inches)
Indigo Eye #5
2018
Laser-washed and cut indigo denim fabric, stitchings, snap buttons
90 x 155 cm (35 7⁄16 x 61 1⁄32 inches)
Untitled (1)
2014
Laser-cut acrylic box and jeans, die cut custom stickers, torches, screws, dust
90 x 35 x 10 cm (35 7⁄16 x 13 25⁄32 x 3 15⁄16 inches)
5 Green & Black's Thin Milk Chocolate 8 Bites, 5 Niederegger Lubeck Marzipan Classic 10 Bites, 2 Kit Kat 16 Bites, etc.
2016
Tinted hard plastic, magnets, aluminum foil, powder-coated steel sheet
179 x 73 x 2.6 cm (70 15⁄32 x 28 3⁄4 x 1 1⁄32 inches)
Mongrels
2019
Air-brushed and hand-painted polyurethane cast plastic elements mounted on a brushed stainless steel tray, Featuring 40mm Pence by Kingsway; 18mm 10, 20 and 50 euro cent by Steenland, 45mm 2€ coins by Crest distributions; 28, 60 and 100mm Simón Coll 1€ coins and chocolate medals A,O
Each, 179 x 83 x 4.5 cm (70 15⁄32 x 32 11⁄16 x 1 25⁄32 inches)
This One Yearned (Chocolate Fountain #3)
2019
Custom laser-cut and CNC-bent and welded stainless steel vessels, stainless steel structure, painted steel flat bar and plastic parts, industrial gear pump, motor, pockets, plinth, electrics, liquid chocolate blend
Noone, Allness
2017
Faux sebum fingerprints made using silicone-tipped gloves embossed with computer generated patterns
Variable dimensions
1 Milka Avellanas Enteras 32 Bites (Aprox), 3 Lindt 30 Bites, 1 Smarties Sharing Block 16 Bites, 4 Kit Kat 16 Bites, 5 Nestle Aero 28 Bites, 3 Green & Black`s Thin Milk Chocolate 8 Bites, 4 Valor 11 Bites and 2 12 Bites, 3 Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations Cookie Nut Crunch 16 Bites, 2 Reese ́s Filled with Peanut Butter 15 Bites, 4 Niederegger Lubeck Marzipan Classic 10 Bites, 2 Galaxy Smooth Milk 42 Bites
2016
Tinted hard plastic, magnets, aluminum foil, powder-coated steel sheet, rivets
179 x 73 x 2.5 cm (70 15⁄32 x 28 3⁄4 x 31⁄32 inches)
Cage for Men. Instant Shape No. 5 and Laser Piece No. 6; Cage for Men. Instant Shape No. 1 & No. 4. Driving the Change —Renault— and Moving Forward—Toyota, and Laser Piece No. 3
2012
Hood from crashed-car coated with original factory color. Car hoods, steel racks
High speed single channel laser animation, laser projector, laser controller, cables
The Follower and The Swinger
2022
Projection screen stretched over galvanised steel
Tigre, 2011; Hobbes, Hobbes and Hobbes, 2012; and The Law is not a Rock (Portrait of Stuart Hill), 2011
PowerPoint presentations, projectors, projector wall mount arms
Installation
Erres, 2022
Centre d'Art Terres del Ebre, Amposta
Rijksakademie Open, 2011
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles, 2015
Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz
Veraneantes, 2013
MARCO, Vigo
The Need for Speed, 2013
CIRCA Projects, Newcastle upon Tyne
Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid
Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid
Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid
Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid
Rubén Grilo. Mit eigener Hand, 2014
Hildesheim Kunstverein
PowerPoint Karaoke, 2011
MARCO, Vigo
Bioscope, 2012
Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam
Laser and HowTos, 2021
Future Gallery, Berlin
Rijksakademie Open, 2012
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
Erres (with Robert M. Ochshorn), 2022
Centre d'Art Terres del Ebre, Amposta
Everfresh Product Launch, 2016
Akademie der Künste - 9th Berlin Biennale, Berlin
Cuando las líneas son tiempo, 2015
Espai 13, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
Dialecto, 2021
CA2M, Móstoles
I am, Etc., 2017
Future Gallery, Berlin
I am, Etc., 2017
Future Gallery, Berlin
Proof of Concept, 2017
Union Pacific, London
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Exhibitions
WATCHDOG-LAPDOG-PLAYDOG
BarcelonaApr 02 - May 07, 2016
“The press is a watchdog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can’t be right all the time. He doesn’t bark only when he sees or smells something that’s dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.” -Dan Rather (American journalist and a former anchor for CBS Evening News)
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Sudden Glory
MadridSep 20 - Nov 10, 2012
NoguerasBlanchard opens its new space in Madrid with an exhibition of new work by Rubén Grilo (Lugo, 1981), the artist’s first exhibition in the gallery.
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