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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.

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Selected Works

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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 2532 x 43 516 inches)

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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 1516 x 78 34 inches)

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Indigo Eye #5

2018

Laser-washed and cut indigo denim fabric, stitchings, snap buttons

90 x 155 cm (35 716 x 61 132 inches)

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Untitled (1)

2014

Laser-cut acrylic box and jeans, die cut custom stickers, torches, screws, dust

90 x 35 x 10 cm (35 716 x 13 2532 x 3 1516 inches)

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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 1532 x 28 34 x 1 132 inches)

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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 1532 x 32 1116 x 1 2532 inches)

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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

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Noone, Allness

2017

Faux sebum fingerprints made using silicone-tipped gloves embossed with computer generated patterns

Variable dimensions

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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 1532 x 28 34 x 3132 inches)

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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

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The Follower and The Swinger

2022

Projection screen stretched over galvanised steel

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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

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Erres, 2022
Centre d'Art Terres del Ebre, Amposta

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Rijksakademie Open, 2011
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam

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wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles, 2015
Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz

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Veraneantes, 2013
MARCO, Vigo

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The Need for Speed, 2013
CIRCA Projects, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid

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Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid

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Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid

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Indigo Eye, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid

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Rubén Grilo. Mit eigener Hand, 2014
Hildesheim Kunstverein

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PowerPoint Karaoke, 2011
MARCO, Vigo

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Bioscope, 2012
Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam

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Laser and HowTos, 2021
Future Gallery, Berlin

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Rijksakademie Open, 2012
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam

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Erres (with Robert M. Ochshorn), 2022
Centre d'Art Terres del Ebre, Amposta

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Everfresh Product Launch, 2016
Akademie der Künste - 9th Berlin Biennale, Berlin

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Cuando las líneas son tiempo, 2015
Espai 13, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

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Dialecto, 2021
CA2M, Móstoles

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I am, Etc., 2017
Future Gallery, Berlin

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I am, Etc., 2017
Future Gallery, Berlin

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Proof of Concept, 2017
Union Pacific, London

Exhibitions

Flatland

Barcelona
Jan 13 - Mar 23, 2018

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Solo

Madrid
Nov 19 - Jan 14, 2017

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WATCHDOG-LAPDOG-PLAYDOG

Barcelona
Apr 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

Madrid
Sep 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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Barcelona
Jun 10 - Jul 31, 2010

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