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The Artist Project: Alejandro Cesarco

Artist Alejandro Cesarco reflects on Gallery 907 in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"Maybe a story is not fully articulated, but it's presenting a point of view."

Alejandro Cesarco reflects on Gallery 907 in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Alejandro Cesarco, born in 1975 in Uruguay, is an artist whose work is influenced by literature and literary theory.

Twelve chromogenic prints showing lines of text hung in two lines on a wall, with five works on top and seven on the bottom

Alejandro Cesarco (Uruguayan, born 1975)

Index, 2000

12 chromogenic prints; 20 × 16 in. (50 × 40.6 cm) each. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund, 2014 © Alejandro Cesarco. Photo: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation / Art Resource, NY


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Thérèse Dreaming, Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski)  French, Oil on canvas
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski)
1938
Three Men Walking II, Alberto Giacometti  Swiss, Bronze
Alberto Giacometti
1949
The Cat, Alberto Giacometti  Swiss, Bronze
Alberto Giacometti
1954
Woman of Venice II, Alberto Giacometti  Swiss, Painted bronze
Alberto Giacometti
1956
Annette, Alberto Giacometti  Swiss, Oil on canvas
Alberto Giacometti
1961
Girl at a Window, Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski)  French, Oil on canvas
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski)
1957