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A cross structured roof sculpture covered in arched red and glazed ceramic spanish colonial tiles sits in a white wall gallery room.
Desde Abajo
Handmade ceramic roof tiles molded after the colonial roofing from abuelito Erlinto's since demolished house in Pasto, Colombia and Juanita's streetside finds in San Pedeo de la Bendita, Ecuador, bass shakers, amplifier, wood cross
70" x 70" x 35"
2025
A red white and blue coverlet blanket sits on the floor in a gallery space, the corner is scorched and burnt black
Violence en acte
Burnt 1800's era North American colonial overshot blanket in red, white and blue
2025
A section of a rusted oil barrel is on the side on the floor with a tapestry attached to the inner side which is in black and white depicting an image of a landscape.
Violence en acte
Rusted oil barrel section, TC2 jacquard woven textile with colonial overshot pattern based on the photographic slides of Dr. Antonio Erlinto Eraso from 1963 in Tumaco during a medical mission working with Texaco
2025
A section of an old charred and rusty oil barrel is positioned on the corner of a white wall gallery with cords coming out of the back and on top of a prayer rug. There is a small crtv monitor to its right on the ground on the prayer rug. On the screen are subtitles of the song that plays out of the oil barrel and reads "Lo clavaron con balas / they nailed him with bullets"
El revolucionario sonriente
Red, black, green and white keffiyeh twill handwoven cotton textile, CRTV monitor, charred oil barrel, tactile transducers, amplifier, captioned lyrics Song: "Camilo Torres" by Victor Jara, 1969
2025