Consigment (Cildo), 2025
consigment agreement, inkjet print on paper,
Cildo Meireles’ work
44 x 59 cm
17 ⅜ x 23 ¼ in


In Consigment (Cildo), the artist intervenes in the gallery’s architecture to establish the consignment of O morto, seu corpo, seu fantasma e uma testemunha (1991) by Cildo Meireles. Sartuzi cuts through the wall separating the exhibition room from the art storage racks, bringing Meireles’ work into his own exhibition and becoming responsible for its sale during the term of the contract. By thus assuming a role normally distinct from that of the artist, Sartuzi examines the different positions within the art system and the implications of this conceptual gesture. In what way does Meireles’s drawing become part of Sartuzi’s work? Could he, as a young artist, in some sense devour Meireles’s work?

Photography: Edouard Fraipont

click here to read the contract