Mute
2006 · Light installation
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Museum of Modern Art
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Wilfredo Prieto
1978
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Wilfredo Prieto creates sculptures, installations, and conceptual works that expose the arbitrariness of value and exchange through material recontextualization. Working primarily with humble or discarded materials, he reframes everyday objects to interrogate institutional and market hierarchies with economy and wit. His practice operates at the intersection of conceptual rigor and formal wit, using simple gestures to unsettle assumptions about worth, utility, and meaning.
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