Observed arrival · 2026-09-11
Pelayo Pinín — artista visual
A bilingual artist dossier for sculptures made from steel, mill water, sugar, salt, and the time it takes a material to deteriorate.
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The site describes a material process in which cleanly installed sculptures are left to corrode during the exhibition. Its stated ingredients include knife-making steel cuttings from western Asturias, water carried from a mill canal, and unrefined cane sugar dissolved in salt water to accelerate the reaction. The dossier lists four series and ten exhibitions from 2012 to 2026, while also stating that the artist has not attended those openings and has sold no work since 2021.
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