Art
Carolina Fontoura Alzaga
- Item Number
- 102
- Estimated Value
- 4500 USD
- Opening Bid
- 1500 USD
Item Description
Artist: Caroline Fontoura Alzaga
Title: Connect 13
One-of-a-kind sculptural chandelier made of recycled materials
Dimensions: 51" height x 43" diameter
About the artist:
Carolina Fontoura Alzaga (Caro) is an emerging multidisciplinary artist who operates under the name Facaro and is recognized internationally for her unique perspectives on medium and form.
While growing up in Denver, Colorado, her frequent trips to Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro for family visits helped shape her aesthetic eye. Since childhood she has been drawn to finding beauty and value in overlooked narratives and weathered textures.
Caro's work is informed by her lifelong movement between spaces and cultures. What she produces are documents of her reflections of these environments and her artistic vocabulary evolves with these shifting realities.
In the CONNECT Series, Caro reimagines used bike parts to create luxurious, cascading, and seemingly traditional chandeliers. The pieces stem from Caro's interest in exploring the third function of materials - after their original function, after they become trash, when they are transformed into something new altogether – effectively reclaiming the ‘discarded’ and ‘invisible’ to create something far more powerful and commanding.
The CONNECT Series chandeliers draw inspiration from Victorian and modern chandeliers, bike culture, and a dedication to principles of sustainability. In her art and her life, Caro works to find beauty in the discarded, and challenges the necessity for the new.
Caro is based in Los Angeles, California, where she produces art and pieces for the CONNECT Series in her downtown studio.
Item Special Note
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