Overview
Combining architecture, design and sculpture Rodríguez' work employs humor and irony to comment on core topics in art, politics and society. Watercolor forms a very important part of his creative process, it is a way of collaborating, registering and revising his ideas. Often these reflect a fantasy of a possible conceptual situation.
In recent years Rodríguez' work has been investigating the humanitarian and hostile circumstances brought by armed conflicts in various regions of the world. His work addresses the strategies of power and repression, control and dominance over the social and human body. While investigating these societal tragedies, Rodriguez's work lays bare the ways in which politics infiltrate space and private life.
Dagoberto Rodriguez's work has been exhibited in museums and institutions around the world and is part of collections such as the MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, Center Georges Pompidou, Tate Modern and the Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, among others.
Selected works
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Babel XIX, 2024 -
Babel XX, 2024
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Havana Refugee Camp I, 2023
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Jezero Crater, 2023
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Rohingya Refugee Camp, 2023
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Zaatari Refugee Camp, 2023
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Huracán Laura, 2023
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Babel VI, 2023
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Planeta de Rubíes, 2022
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Solar Storm, 2022
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A Palo Limpio, 2021
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Andrew, 2021
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George, 2021
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Héroes y Heroína, 2020
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Geometría Popular, 2020
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Semillas, 2020
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Isla Naranja, 2020
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Justicia, 2018
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Puente Invertido Rojo, 2018
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No Estrella, 2018
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Venceremos Pontiac, 2018
Selected exhibitions
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Dagoberto Rodriguez
RetropíaMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry (MACA)
Uruguay
21 Sep - 15 Dec 2024Dagoberto Rodríguez uses humor and irony to address key issues in art, politics and society, combining architecture, design and sculpture. 'I don’t think art is capable of changing governments or...Read more -
Dagoberto Rodrìguez
Prendre le soleil (Group show)Hangar Y, Meudon, France
16 Nov 2023 - 21 Apr 2024Read more -
Group Show
The Other Side of the Mirror is HomeGalerie Peter Kilchmann
Zahnradstrasse, Zurich
1 Sep - 11 Oct 2023With works by Vlassis Caniaris, Willie Doherty, Beatriz González, Leiko Ikemura, Teresa Margolles, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Adrian Paci, Shirana Shahbazi in collaboration with Anne Morgenstern, Didier William and Artur Zmijewski.Read more -
Dagoberto Rodriguez
RetropíaMuseo de Arte y Diseño de Miramar, San Juan, Puerto Rico
15 Jul 2023 - 1 Jan 2024Once an eloquent symbol of the strength of the United States after World War II, classic American automobiles disappeared from the streets of the world with the gradual renewal of...Read more -
Dagoberto Rodríguez
Solar StormGalerie Peter Kilchmann, Paris
18 Feb - 15 Apr 2023In the exhibition, entitled Solar Storm, Rodríguez, a former member of the collective Los Carpinteros, revisits certain themes that he has treated before, while weaving a web that brings them...Read more -
30 Years Anniversary Exhibition
Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Rämistrasse, Zurich
3 Sep - 14 Oct 202230 Years Anniversary Exhibition Rita Ackermann (*1968 Budapest), Francis Alÿs (*1959 Antwerpen), Maja Bajevic (*1967 Sarajevo), Hernan Bas (*1978 Miami), Armin Boehm (*1972 Aachen), Marc Bauer (*1975 Genf), Monica Bonvicini...Read more -
Dagoberto Rodríguez
Refugios y UmbralesCentro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
20 Jan - 1 May 2022Dagoberto Rodriguez's installations for the central patio of Condeduque reflect on the idea of inhabiting and passing through today's world: Refugio is an artistic approach to the idea of solitude...Read more -
Dagoberto Rodríguez
Guerra InteriorCAAM Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Spain
12 Jun - 29 Nov 2020For nearly five decades, the Cold War pitted the capitalist and communist blocs against each other for geopolitical domination of the planet and also for control of the narrative of...Read more -
Dagoberto Rodríguez
PUENTES INVERTIDOSGalerie Peter Kilchmann, Zahnradstrasse, Zurich
6 Sep - 12 Oct 2019The first space of the exhibition will be dedicated to Rodriguez‘s two series Emblemas (Emblems), 2018 and Cocaina y Comunismo (Cocaine and Communism), 2019. Installed in a composed formation on...Read more
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