Tag: Latine

Anciane [Elder].

Terracotta, nail polish.

29-1/2 x 21-1/2 x 30 in / 101.6 x 53.34 x 76 cm

Made in 2022.

My family has gone through a long process of blanqueamiento (or racial whitening) that has been at times deliberate and at times unconscious. Like much of the rest of my work, when I think of Anciane [Elder], what I envision is Chibchan and other ancestors
native to Abya Yala and beyond who have been subject to sustained
attempts of erasure.

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A monumental iteration of Joven [Youth] for an upcoming exterior installation.
the process documentation shows the degree of manual care involved in making the
work. From prototyping in clay, to assembling aluminum sand-cast components
made from plaster positives, to polishing the surface and finishing it, every step of
the way was done by hand with a small team of assistants.

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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.

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