Cildo MeirelesBrazilian, 1948Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project
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Where is “Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
About the sculpture
Cildo Meireles’s ongoing Coca-Cola Project, part of his larger Insertions into Ideological Circuits series, interrogates how power—socioeconomic and political—is distributed through networks of trade and consumerism. Meireles noted his intention on each bottle: “To register informations and critical opinions on bottles and return them to circulation.” Each bottle also carries a distinct political provocation. These three read, “Yankees go home!,” “Jesse Helms No!,” and “Which is the place of a work of art?” With this project, Meireles took advantage of the global reach of American consumer culture by appropriating and personalizing one of its most popular exports.
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Details
- Accession number
- 2014.1201
In the catalog
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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