2003
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 2003 watercolor by Alexandre Arrechea, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing shows a simple, flat-roofed building with clean lines and no color. The structure sits on thin, tall supports, almost like stilts. Inside, you can see empty window frames and a few doors, but nothing else is there. The artist labeled each support with the word *"pilar"* (Spanish for "pillar"). The light, sketchy style keeps it feeling unfinished, like a quick idea rather than a detailed plan. If you like this, check out *watercolor, glazing* to see how artists build light with layers.
Alexandre Arrechea (born 1970) is a Cuban visual artist. His work explores the themes of power and its associated networks of hierarchy, surveillance, control, prohibition, and subjugation. For twelve years, he was a…
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