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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Liliana Porter: Reparar el piano y otros compromisos,” is currently on view at Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte in Buenos Aires until Friday, May 8. The show features several recent works by Porter, including quite a few pieces that incorporate her hallmark miniature figurines. Many of the works incorporate the themes of repair, as indicated by the exhibition’s subtitle, or destruction.
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Liliana Porter, Reconstruction: Chinese Landscape, 2015, broken porcelain plate and acrylic paint on paper, 19¼ x 15¼ inches.
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Liliana Porter, Ellos_Them, 2015, acrylic and assemblage on oval canvas, 16 x 12 inches.
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Liliana Porter, Situation with silver dust, 2014, ceramic figurine and shiny silvery powder on round white shelf.
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Liliana Porter, The Gardener, 2014, bronze figure and porcelain plate fragments over round shelf.
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Liliana Porter, 'Reparar el piano y otros compromisos,' 2015, installation view.
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Liliana Porter, 'Reparar el piano y otros compromisos,' 2015, installation view.
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Liliana Porter, Untitled (to repair the piano), detail, 2015, broken piano on white platform, various figurines and objects.
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