CULTURAL DIPLOMACY: An Art We Neglect. Balteo-Yazbeck & Farzin

Standard Creole with Bikini, 1940s . From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions , 2006-2009. In collaboration with Media Farzin. C-print and wall label with narrative text. Installation dimensions 36 ½ x 77 in. (92,7 x 195 cm). Ed. 5 plus AP

The Larger Picture, 1939-1942 . From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009. C-print digital reproduction. 35 x 60 in. Plus wall label with narrative text. Dimensions variable. Ed. of 5 - AP.

Architect Carlos Villanueva in Collaboration with Alexander Calder, Aula Magna Auditorium, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas , 1954, 2006-2009. Digital c-print reproductions from faded 1954 Kodachromes attributed to Paolo Gasparini, wall labels with narrative text and soundtrack (digital recording) Edition AP/5 + AP of

Model of Alexander Calder’s Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943 . From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, 2007-2009. Carbon fiber, Plexiglas, acrylic paint, ABS plastic (Fused Deposition Modeling). 30 ½ x 29 ¾ x 24 in. (77.5 x 75.6 x 61 cm.). Ed. of 5 - AP.

Mobile for the Hotel Ávila, 1939-1942 . From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions, 2006-2009. C-print digital reproduction. 45 x 60 in. unframed. Actual-size construction plan of Calder’s mobile for the ballroom of the hotel and wall label with narrative text. Dimensions variable. Ed. of 5 - AP.

Entanglement (January 3, 1954) . From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, 2006-2009. C-print digital reproductions. 29 ⅞ x 29 ⅞ in. (75.9 x 75.9 cm.) eachPlus wall label with gallery text and narrative.Dimensions variable. Ed. of 5 - AP.

R.S.V.P, 1939 . From the series “Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect” , 2007-2009. In collaboration with Media Farzin. Framed C-print; framed Time magazine cover, (May 22, 1939); vinyl lettering on wall and wall label with narrative text. Installation dimensions 35 ½ x 47 ¼ in. (90 x 120 cm). Ed. 5 plus AP

Detail of Alexander Calder’s performing mobile Orange Fish (1946) at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art , 2008. From the series Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect , 2007-2009. Digital c-print, detail from Ehsan Behmanesh's photograph, wall label with narrative text and vinyl lettering on wall. Installation size: 69 &frac1/2; x 63 ¼ in. (177 x 160.5 cm.) Edition of 5 + AP

Zero Halliburton , 2007. Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions 2006-2009. Paper document reproductions, aluminium luggage with leather and paper tags. Dimensions Variable.

Zero Halliburton, 2007. Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions 2006-2009. Paper document reproductions, aluminium luggage with leather and paper tags. Dimensions Variable.

Last oil barrel , (date postponed). Sustainable wood, paper, ink and financial markets. Unit dimensions 1 3/8 x 1 x 1 in. ( 3.5 x Ø 2.5 cm). Ed. unlimited and unnumbered. For price, see NYMEX Crude Future index at: www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/energyprices.html