André Magaña

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA

Artist statement

André Magaña (b. 1992, California, USA) is an artist living and working in New York André Magaña’s work views material, form and function as a hermeneutic device for the technical, geopolitical, and corporate aspects of empire building. He is interested in the ways in which production and growth are foundational values of physical and virtual metropolitan space. Using product design, engineering, and architecture strategies, Magaña engages with a wide range of media that suggest the absence of an end product. His work can often be viewed as support structures for the more visible tenets of production. André Magaña’s work has been exhibited internationally, with notable exhibitions including MoMA PS1, New York; The Armory Show, New York; and Sculpture Center, New York. Other recent solo and group exhibitions at TIMESHARE, Los Angeles; St. John’s University, New York; foreign & domestic, New York; guadalajara90210, Mexico City; pal project, Paris; Veronica, Seattle; Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern; King’s Leap, New York. His work has been featured in Frieze, Art In America, ArtForum, artnet, New York Magazine, ARTnews, CULTURED, The Brooklyn Rail, Artspace, The Gray Market, and Living Content.

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