Joven [Youth].
Earthenware, nail polish.
35 x 18 x 7 in / 89 x 46 x 17 cm.
Made in 2022-2023.
Referencing a Quimbaya poporo from the fifth or sixth Century C.E.
and other depictions of standing figures from the Northern Andes, the
ceramic Joven [Youth] resembles an archaeological find. However,
instead of having a bare earthenware surface or vitreous glaze finish, it is coated with nail polish, a gesture that toys with the artifice of gender and the unstable boundaries between the modern and the ancient, the original and the reproduction.