Present Memory
2009 · Video (color, silent)
3 min.
Museum of Modern Art
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Alejandro Cesarco
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PhotographyConceptual Art
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5
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12
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Alejandro Cesarco is a Uruguayan artist whose practice centers on language and text as primary materials, engaging conceptual frameworks to investigate meaning, translation, and the spaces between words and images. His work operates at the intersection of linguistic ambiguity and visual form, often questioning how meaning is constructed and transmitted. Based in Montevideo, Cesarco employs text-based installations, prints, and mixed media to examine the slippage between written language and interpretation.
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