Wifredo Díaz Valdéz – Construir Desconstruyendo

The private collection Daros Latinamerica, (Zurich, Switzerland), runs the exhibition Construir Desconstruyendo, which offers a glimpse at the fascinating work of Wifredo Díaz Valdéz (born 1932), rediscovered Uruguayan artist who creates unusual wooden sculptures out of imaginatively deconstructed everyday objects.

Wifredo Díaz Valdéz constructs artworks by disassembling furniture, tools, and all sorts of everyday utensils to be found in rural Uruguay, and doing so with the greatest artisanal precision and love of detail. But this well-planned dismantling is not about destruction, but rather the creation of something entirely new. The artist begins by analyzing the object he has selected according to its organic quality, considers the conditions of its wooden structure, the texture of its surface, among other things, before moving on to thinking about possible new volumes as they emerge, and the ultimate artistic potential of the piece. Then he proceeds to his “carpenter” work.

The result in each case is what seems like the original object, unchanged, but which can, with the addition of wooden plugs and hinges, be successively opened or unfolded in a playfully elegant fashion.

Date: until November 6.
Place: Daros Latinamerica AG. Limmatstrasse 275 8005 Zurich. Switzerland.
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12am to 6pm. Thursday from 12am to 8pm. Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm.