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The Problem of Freedom
June 19 – July 24, 2021

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Aspect/Ratio Projects is pleased to present The Problem of Freedom, a show with Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera.

Aspect/Ratio Projects is pleased to present The Problem of Freedom, a new body of work from Cuban artist Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera. Inspired by a 1939 Rutgers convocation speech by Thomas Mann, Díaz-Perera began using the speech as a creative tool, testing the boundaries and limits of words displayed on a page, language, and space as defined by Díaz-Perera’s hand and simple black ink. Drawing daily on a used book of Mann’s speech, the resulting image demonstrates a visual ambiguity – is it a beautiful drawing of a starry night, or simply a censored book? In Díaz-Perera’s own words, “The limits of my world are the limits of my language. The limits of my language are the paradoxes of said language. In order to uncover the limits of my language I do things to things until they become a paradox of themselves.” Working in multiple mediums of video, drawings, and sculpture, Díaz-Perera examines heritage and our colonial past, mortality, and how simple tools are often used as a means of control, limitation, repression, but also organization and legality. Energy, both artificial and spiritual synthesize this exhibition, moving through the show one will no doubt be impacted by the energy Díaz-Perera has created with these works. 

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 Droste (A dream within a dream), 2021
cocoa tin cans, vinyl sticker print, raw quartz
9 x 16 x 5.5 in  22.9 x 40.6 x 14 cm
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One of those mornings, 2021
Nike sandals
18 x 18 x 18 in   45.7 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm
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Advent (Vacuum), 2021
Advent (Expansion), 2021
Advent (Collision), 2021
found vintage speakers grill cloth, alcohol ink, charcoal
17.8 x 26.8 in   45.2 x 68.1 cm overall

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Advent (Orbit), 2021
Advent (Life), 2021
Advent (Eraser), 2021
found vintage speakers grill cloth, alcohol ink, charcoal
24.25 x 12.5 in    61.6 x 31.8 cm each
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Advent (Companion), 2021
19.5 x 9.5 in   49.5 x 24 cm

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Advent (Sunspots), 2021
23.25 x 11.5 in   59 x 29.2 cm


Advent (Fallen Apple), 2021
23.25 x 11.5 in   59 x 29.2 cm


found vintage speakers grill cloth, alcohol ink, charcoal
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Googly Eyes, 2021
found vintage speakers grill cloth, acrylic paint, charcoal
22.25 x 23.75 in   56.5 x 60.3 cm

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Hidden, 2021
vinyl print
84 x 50 in   213.4 x 127 cm
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 Anoiki, 2021
video
​edition 1/3 + 2AP

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Untitled, 2021
bronze
12 x 5 x 6 in   30.5 x 12.7 x 15.2 cm

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Customs A.11, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
9 x 12 in    22.9 x 30.5 cm
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Customs A.12, 2021
rubber stamp ink on paper
9 x 12 in    22.9 x 30.5 cm
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Customs A.04, 2021
rubber stamp ink on paper
9 x 12 in    22.9 x 30.5 cm
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Customs A.02, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
9 x 12 in    22.9 x 30.5 cm
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Customs A.05, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
9 x 12 in    22.9 x 30.5 cm
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Customs A.06, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
9 x 12 in    22.9 x 30.5 cm
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Customs D.09, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
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​18 x 24 in   45.7 x 61 cm
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​Customs D.16, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
​18 x 24 in   45.7 x 61 cm
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​Customs D.06, 2021
rubber stamp ink on paper
18 x 24 in   45.7 x 61 cm
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(clockwise from upper left)
Customs C.16,
2021
Customs C.20, 2021
Customs C.07, 2021
Customs C.14, 2021

rubber stamp ink on paper
14 x 17 in   35.6 x 43.2 cm each
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Customs B.11,  2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
11 x 14 in   27.9 x 35.6 cm
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Customs B.03, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
11 x 14 in   27.9 x 35.6 cm
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Customs B.08, 2021
​ ​​rubber stamp ink on paper
11 x 14 in   27.9 x 35.6 cm
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Customs B.10, ​​2021
​ rubber stamp ink on paper
11 x 14 in   27.9 x 35.6 cm
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Customs B.07, 2021 ​​
​rubber stamp ink on paper
11 x 14 in   27.9 x 35.6 cm
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Customs B.04, 2021
​rubber stamp ink on paper
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11 x 14 in   27.9 x 35.6 cm
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