Yoan Capote
Sculptor
Location: Havana (Cuban)
Yoan Capote is a Cuban sculptor. He was born in 1977 in Pinar del Río and studied at the Superior Institute of Art from 1991 to 1995. He also received the UNESCO prize during the 7th Havana Biennial with the artists collective DUPP (Desde Una Pragmática Pedagógica).
Irreverent & provocative.
Capote’s work is known to be “solid”, “irreverent”, “provocative”, “non-conformist”, and deals principally with interactions between individuals and their psychological experiences. His pieces often merge human organs with inanimate objects, rearranging the human body and reinventing the purpose of everyday life objects. Example for this practice is one of his works entitled Open Mind (2006). It is a labyrinth based on the drawing of the human brain where people can walk. People become metaphors for neurons transmitting information as they walk around the maze. From his first exhibition, Yoan Capote has shown a peculiar sensitivity toward everyday objects. He could be said strives to reveal the metaphorical facets of objects and to make certain interpretations about the people who consume or modify them through use. In that sense, the use of everyday objects as a self-imposed choice makes Capote a peculiar type of sculptor, one who remains alien to the traditional methods of art. His method of creating pieces is extremely intellectual, a sort of ping-pong game between an abstract concept and the different ways in which it can be expressed. Consequently, his pieces assume a variety of appearances, engravings, sculptures, assemblages, and drawings.
Website→ https://yoancapote.com/
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