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About the Item
Born to teenage, Mexican-American gang members; I was abandoned at three months old and placed in a series of foster homes.
Lost in a lifestyle of violence/drug abuse, I escaped by creating a playful world that evolved from origami cranes.
In time my escape escaped me, I became the lifestyle with one reach: death.
In its grasp, I found Calder’s massive, red-orange, Los Angeles sculpture, “The Four Arches”. He/it gave me a new reach: life.
I decided I am not what happened to me, I am my response.
I broke from the violence of my birth name “Gomez-Martinez” by choosing “Hacer” [Spanish verb: “To make”] and became a sculptor who designs/builds large-scale, metal, origami-inspired forms in bold, solid colors.
It is the choice to be, as Calder and those like him, my part in a creative process that is bigger than me individually but impossible without the “me’s” collectively.
As I learn to shape my work, afraid, I move forward through the familiar unknown and learn to re-shape myself, lessening the past’s grip.
Like the dynamic, formative process hidden by my seemingly simple designs; my work’s simple existence aims to elicit a dynamic response about the viewer’s relationship to their formative process: childhood.
Through this interaction, we [like I with Calder] can all begin anew. - Hacer
- Creator:Hacer (1976, American)
- Creation Year:2023
- Dimensions:Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)Depth: 28 in (71.12 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Denver, CO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU498312906002
Hacer
Hacer is an American sculptor who designs origami-inspired, folded metal sculptures with a minimalist approach. Exploring psychologically complex themes, his reductive reinvention of the aesthetic evolved technically over decades. Hacer’s introduction to the traditional art form began at an early age when he was exposed to Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes and later, as a young adult, to Alexander Calder’s fluid experimentation with form. The resulting work is an amalgamation of innocent childhood play, experimentation with form, first hand working knowledge of Jeff Koons novel approach to materials, John McCracken’s exhaustive attention to detail and Ellsworth Kelly’s steadfast commitment to minimalism. The perfection of his technique in combination with a monumental vision has manifested in museum exhibitions and large-scale, permanent sculptural installations, including most recently, The Chase series of four large-scale sculptures along Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.
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