Treaties on De-Fences

Limited edition artist book

Treaties on De-Fences is an artist book of prints created by Jorge Otero-Pailos and made available to the public on the occasion of his 2024 Park Avenue sculptures exhibition Analogue Sites. 

Much like the exhibition, the artist’s book of prints aims to raise awareness and advocate for the preservation of modernist U.S. embassies. While the art installation uses large sculptures, as a method to make these embassies visible and tangible to the general public, the artist's book of prints further enacts and intertwines the energy of the sculptures and the diplomatic treaties from which the sculptures derive their names.  

Treaties on De-Fences was officially released at the Winter Show 2024. All proceeds from the sale of the artist book and the prints contribute directly to developing exhibition programs to benefit the general public.

Treaties on De-Fences, 2023 

Limited edition of 20 

42 x 31.75 x 9.5 cm (16.5  x 12.5  x 3.75 inches) 

Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos is a public art exhibition presented by the Sculpture Committee for the Fund for Park Avenue and NYC Parks. The sculptures are made from fragments of the security fence of the former U.S. embassy in Oslo, a Saarinen-designed landmark, preserved as art. They will be installed along Park Avenue from April to October 2024, creating a dialogue with iconic mid-century modernist landmarks and the Park Avenue Armory.

Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts with funding provided by the Onera Foundation, the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, the AECID, the Consulate General of Spain in New York, the New York State Council for the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and individual donors.