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Yoan Capote

Yoan Capote (Born 1977) is active/lives in Cuba.  Yoan Capote is known for Conceptual sculpture.

Yoan Capote (b.1977 in Havana, Cuba; lives and works in Havana, Cuba) uses sculpture, painting, installation, photography, and video to create analogies between the symbolic meaning of inanimate objects and the human psyche. He utilizes both traditional and unconventional materials, such as human blood and repurposed mundane objects, while also exploring multisensory possibilities within new media. The found objects he selects are chosen with purpose, such as his Isla and Palangre series which he fabricated from thousands of hand-wrought fishhooks. Viewed from a distance, the works read as a classic painting of sea meeting sky. It is only upon close examination that the perilous materials become clear, and the oceanic feeling resonating from the idyllic tableaux shifts to something more sinister.Capote is highly influenced by his experience in Cuba, and his work often deals with themes of migration and politics. Drawing on the teachings of psychologist Car   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1612 characters.]  Artist bio

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