Rafael Pérez Evans: Handful
Opening in Spring
Display in Gallery 4 and outside the Institute
Earlier this year, sculptor Rafael Pérez Evans dropped twenty-nine tons of (animal grade) carrots outside Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Rafael Pérez Evans, Grounding, 2020. Site specific intervention at Goldsmiths, University of London. 29 tonnes of carrots, truck, university building.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Rafael Pérez Evans, Grounding, 2020. Site specific intervention at Goldsmiths, University of London. 29 tonnes of carrots, truck, university building.
Image courtesy of the artist
Echoing the protests of Spanish farmers that became familiar to him as a child, the gesture created a roadblock of produce, highlighting ongoing tensions around farming, food surpluses, waste and devaluation. Pérez Evans’ temporary sculptures made of grain, vegetables and milk, draw upon a legacy of 1960’s sculpture and Land Art, and visualise the ever-increasing distance between the consumers and producers of food.
About the artist
Rafael Pérez Evans lives and works in London. He is the recipient of the Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Beckett University scholarship in partnership with New Contemporaries 2019. Pérez Evans received a BA and MFA Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London (2010 and 2020). Recent exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, C3A Museum, Córdoba and Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona.
Venue details
Venue address
Henry Moore Institute
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 0113 246 7467
Opening times
In response to the government's current Covid-19 guidelines, the Henry Moore Institute is temporarily closed until further notice.