Work / Sculpture

Pachamama

Material: Copper and desert stones (vicinity of Codpa Valley, Camarones, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile)
Technique: Embossing and chiseling
Iconography: Mother Earth
Location: Personal collection
Description: Three-dimensional artwork of 78.7” (2 mts) x 118.1” (3 mts) x 15.7” (0,40 mts) approx. The assembly of the sculpture requires the installation of four pieces. It is a composition based on the laying feminine figure, whose left profile is showing.

The artist

“The distance and not being able to see the “earth” developed my projects during my stay at Bilbao. They are “unconscious” projects, unconscious drawings, since I do not use my consciousness, they appear on their own when I feel detachment and distance. One of the sketches was like this… like Pachamama.

Then in 2005, when I arrived at UTA, Jorge Manriquez told me: “Make a Fondart project”. And that is how I made a woman coming out from the earth. In this case, I change it to coppery natural stones in harmony with the copper of the woman.

This piece has its foundations in Bilbao, Spain, while I was studying to receive my doctorate from 2000 to 2004.”