Leandro Erlich
Born 1973 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Leandro Erlich lives and works in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
In his work, Leandro Erlich borrows situations of everyday life by extruding objects such as the elevator, the door or even an entire building from their original context. Through the use of trompe l’oeil, mirrors and double bottoms, he reverses the vision of the world by playing with reality : he transforms the banal into an unusual space. Fascinated by the infinite, the observed subject is always reversed, building a timeless imaginary dimension that takes us into places with unstable borders.The artist’s installations question our relationship to what we see and what we believe in. Rarely a simple viewer, the visitor is encouraged to become an actor in the work. His fascination for distorted dimensions allows the public to immerse in a unique and collective experience.
Leandro Erlich participated at the Whitney Biennale in 2000 and represented Argentina at the 49th Venice Biennale (2001) with his installation Swimming Pool, which earned him international recognition. Today, this work is part of the permanent collection of the Kanazawa Museum in Japan (along with Infinite Staicase) and of the Voorlinden Museum in Netherlands.
His monumental piece Bâtiment, first created for the Parisian Nuit Blanche in 2004, is currently presented at 104 in Paris for the Foire Foraine d’Art Contemporain, has toured the world from France to Japan, passing through Australia, Argentina and Ukraine.
He received the UNESCO Award (Istanbul, 2001), El Premio Leonardo (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 2000), el Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Buenos Aires, 1992). In 2006, he was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize. In 2017, he received The Roy Neuberger Award.
Recent exhibitions of the artist’s work include Liminal at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami (2022); travellingt exhibition A Tensão currently on view at Centro Cultural Banco Do Brasil in Brasilia, after Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, Brazil; Seeing is not Believing at the Museum of Fine Art in Houston (2022); Bâtiment at Nodeul Island in Seoul, South Korea (2022).
Leandro Erlich’s work is present in different public collections such as the Centre Georges Pompidou (France), the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (USA), the Tate Modern (London, UK), the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma (Italy) or the Museum Voorliden of Wasenaar (Netherlands).
Works
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![The Rowing Boat]()
Leandro Erlich
The Rowing Boat, 2017
Stainless steel
13 x 123 x 65,5 cm
Photo: María Inés Arrillaga -
![The Rowing Boat]()
Leandro Erlich
The Rowing Boat, 2017
Stainless steel
13 x 123 x 65,5 cm
Photo: María Inés Arrillaga -
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Leandro Erlich “ La Democracia del Símbolo: Obelisco sin punta & La Punta” , 2015
Impresión inkjet en papel texturado Hahnemühle William Turner
152 x 102 cm
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Leandro Erlich “ La Democracia del Símbolo: Obelisco sin punta & La Punta” , 2015
Impresión inkjet en papel texturado Hahnemühle William Turner
152 x 102 cm
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![Caracol]()
Leandro Erlich
The pace of evolution, 2021
White marble of carrara
11,8 x 33,8 x 13 cm
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![Semáforos Erlich]()
Leandro Erlich
Traffics Lights: Civilization or Barbarie
684 x 820 cm
Photo: Ignacio Rodríguez
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![Civilización o Barbarie]()
Leandro Erlich
Traffics Lights: Civilization or Barbarie
684 x 820 cm
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![Semáforos: Civilización o Barbarie]()
Leandro Erlich
Traffics Lights: Civilization or Barbarie, 2021
39,5 x 47 x 17,5 cm
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Leandro Erlich
Lost Garden, 2009
Metal structure, brick, window, mirror, wood, LED light, artificial plants
262,8 x 356,8 x 177,8 cm
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![Lost Garden]()
Leandro Erlich
Lost Garden, 2009
Metal structure, brick, window, mirror, wood, LED light, artificial plants
262,8 x 356,8 x 177,8 cm
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![Lost Garden]()
Leandro Erlich
Lost Garden, 2009
Metal structure, brick, window, mirror, wood, LED light, artificial plants
262,8 x 356,8 x 177,8 cm
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![Suprattutto]()
Leandro Erlich
Soprattutto, 2020
Wool
200 x 300 cm
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![Gordian Knot]()
Leandro Erlich
Gordian Knot, 2019
Wool
170 x 240 cm
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![Blind Window]()
Leandro Erlich
Blind Window, 2016
Fiberglass reinforced resin, tempered glass, and stainless stand
233 x 175 x 30 cm
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![Cabinet Toilet]()
Leandro Erlich
Cabinet Toilet, 2023
MDF, chromed steel, glass, light
58 x 50 x 18 cm
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![Xippas-LeandroErlich-JulienGremaud-066-web]()
Leandro Erlich
De l'ascenseur à l'escargot
Exhibition view, Xippas Geneva,
November 09 - December 22, 2023
Photo: Julien Gremaud -
![Maison Fond]()
Leandro Erlich
Maison Fond, 2022
Carrara marble
32 x 32 x 35 cm
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![Nube Lupa]()
Leandro Erlich
Lupa, 2021
Extra clear glass, ceramic ink digital printing, wooden wengue vitrine, led lights
With stand: 159 x 85 x 44 cm
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![Pulled by The Roots]()
Leandro Erlich
Pulled by The Roots, 2015
Cast resin, cast bronze, acrylic, print
70 x 34 x 34 cm
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![Xippas-LeandroErlich-JulienGremaud-037-web]()
Leandro Erlich
De l'ascenseur à l'escargot
Exhibition view, Xippas Geneva,
November 09 - December 22, 2023
Photo: Julien Gremaud -
![Quartz]()
Leandro Erlich
Quartz, 2023
Glass
39 x 36 x 38 cm -
![Serpent]()
Leandro Erlich
Serpent, 2021
Bronze
11 x 46,5 x 33,5 cm
Display: 50 x 53,5 x 49 cm
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![Silver Boat]()
Leandro Erlich
Silver Boat, 2019
Stainless steel
140,5 x 52,5 x 18,5 cm
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![Swimming Pool VR]()
Leandro Erlich
Swimming Pool VR, 2022
Metal structure, Melanine coated MDF, Paint, Steel, Stainless Steel, and VR equipament
287 x 90 x 50 cm -
![Window and Ladder]()
Leandro Erlich
Window and Ladder, 2023
Stainless steel, aluminium and solid surface
60 x 45 x 45 cm
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![LIFT]()
Leandro Erlich
Lift, 2022
Metal structure, steel, stainless steel, MDF, paint, mirror, button panel
300 x 160 x 133 cm
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![Xippas-LeandroErlich-JulienGremaud-083-web]()
Leandro Erlich
De l'ascenseur à l'escargot
Exhibition view, Xippas Geneva,
November 09 - December 22, 2023
Photo: Julien Gremaud -
![Silver Pool]()
Leandro Erlich
Silver Pool, 2018
Aluminium and paint
27,7 x 50,5 x 28 cm
