Damián Ortega: survival of the idea, failure of the object: sketches and projects, 1991–2007 / Damián Ortega: supervivencia de la idea, fracaso del objeto: apuntes y proyectos, 1991–2007

Damián Ortega has put together a selection of drawings that he uses to plan his sculptures and their spatial installation. These drawings and designs are gathered together under the title “Supervivencia de la idea”, suggesting that, for Damián Ortega, the medium of drawing — in this case, particulary the designs for monumental scenarios — is as important as the realized works. Hence, this selection of drawings for projects from 1991 to 2007 offers a retrospective survey of the development and conception of previous projects, and also documents an archive of ideas that, given the opportunity — as recently with the transportable obelisk in New York's Central Park — can be executed when the time is right.