TOPOS OF DISPLAY
Diptych: Sonsbeek Torso under Arch being Held
2019, Metal, paint, plastic, cement, inkjet print mounted on acrylic, 44 x 60.5 x 2.5 cm
* Exhibited with solo-presentation How to Process, Pinta Miami 2019, Miami, FL.
Topos of Display is a series of works that study institutional strategies of display and the viewer’s expected labeling of objects as result. The sculptures dissect these strategies and highlight their ubiquitous nature by dynamically rearranging their core features and materials. The works intend to activate support systems such as pedestals, and give them a dependent relationship with the objects they hold so as to stimulate an ambiguous and questionable interpretation of these objects as art, artifacts or archaeological objects.
La Abrazadora
2017, Metal, 56.75” x 5” x 13”
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
This sculpture continues my exploration of the idea of absence, seeming like a calculated metal support for a round object which is actually non-existent. Instead, the sculpture embraces the gallery space – acknowledging a corner. A piece that plays with scale by being a support-object acknowledging the greater support infrastructure that is the gallery.
Medio Arco en su Casa
2017, Coral Stone, 56.75” x 5” x 13”
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
In an exhibit that pays attention to support systems, this sculpture is composed by a classical, vertical pedestal that is holding an objectified element of the gallery space - an arch. An arch that is perfectly embedded between the shared support of the pedestal and the gallery wall.
Absent in a Spiral
2017, Metal, Mahogany Wood, Coral Stone, 42” x 26.5” x 33.25”
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
Shorthand, a system of transcribing spoken language via rapid handwriting inspired this series of 3-D metal sculptures. These have allowed me to give selected words my spatial interpretations between the lengths and curves which define each shorthand, thus activating a gesture in space, a relationship with gravity, and volume. These sculptures carry the essence of shorthand while introducing this writing system to countless dynamic perspectives. 'Absent in a Spiral' carries the metal interpretation of the shorthand symbol of “Absent", while the word is being balanced, and held by coral stone, mahogany wood, and a metal spiral plate – materials and symbols chosen in this exhibit to represent the foundation of colonial architecture of the Greater Antilles.
Oculo Lateral
2017, Coral stone, 25.25” x 12.5” x 6”
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
Busto
2017, Metal, Coral Stone, Fabric, 51.5" x 11.5" x 20"
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
Ele Espacial
2017, Metal, Coral Stone, 43" x 30" x 15"
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
Calculated Arch in Display
2017, Coral Stone, Mahogany Wood, Metal, Duracal, 19" x 4" x 4"
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
'Holded': Coral yet to be identified, found in Samaná Bay, Dominican Republic
2016, MDF, steel, paint, coral, 51” x 16” x 14.5”
Held: Rock yet to be identified, taken from Death Valley, Eastern California, USA
2016 , MDF, steel, paint, rock, 51” x 15.5” x 13.5”
Skeletons and Experiments
2016, Metal, Wax, Mesh, Plaster and Duracal, 500" x 90" x 12"
Holder
2016, Metal, Coral Stone, Wax, 12” x 3” x 6”
Reptil
2017, Plexi-glass, Mesh, Hydrocal, Plaster, 3" x 24" x 8"
* Exhibited in solo exhibit How to Stand, Galeria Mamey Eddy Guzmán, Santo Domingo, 2017-2018.
Miscalculated Topos of Display II
2016, Metal, Plexi-glass, Plaster, Hydrocal, Fabric Mesh, 50” x 27” x 11”
Miscalculated Topos of Display I
2016, Metal, Plexi-glass, Wood, Plaster, Hydrocal, Fabric Mesh, 40” x 72” x 95”
*Exhibited at the Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, USA (SFAI - BFA graduation exhibition 2016)