Liz 贬别谤苍谩苍诲别锄: Donde piso, crecen cosas (Where I step, things grow)
A multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, sculpture, and embroidery, 贬别谤苍谩苍诲别锄鈥檚 process often begins with writing. The text featured in Donde piso, crecen cosas (Where I step, things grow) is at once poetic and conversational, offering an intimate glimpse into the narrator鈥檚 observations, reflections, and emotions. The prose is rendered alongside the artist鈥檚 singular lexicon of symbols and vignettes inspired by Mexican cultural traditions and crafts, legends and folktales, Catholic aesthetics, and her family memories. Iconography鈥攕uch as the butterfly, widely associated with migration鈥攊s presented alongside metaphors of the artist鈥檚 own making. For example, cactus thorns adorn the body of the artwork鈥檚 recurring female figure, serving as symbols of protection and strength, while a silhouette seated at the dinner table alludes to the looming realities of loss.
Through forms of storytelling both tender and pointed, 贬别谤苍谩苍诲别锄 draws us in, revealing urgent truths and creating a space for recognition and contemplation. The work acknowledges the immeasurable state-sanctioned violence and hardship, while, as reflected in the title, also honoring the ways immigrant and undocumented communities continue to live, grow, and nourish one another amidst attempts to silence and to stifle.
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A multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, sculpture, and embroidery, 贬别谤苍谩苍诲别锄鈥檚 process often begins with writing. The text featured in Donde piso, crecen cosas (Where I step, things grow) is at once poetic and conversational, offering an intimate glimpse into the narrator鈥檚 observations, reflections, and emotions. The prose is rendered alongside the artist鈥檚 singular lexicon of symbols and vignettes inspired by Mexican cultural traditions and crafts, legends and folktales, Catholic aesthetics, and her family memories. Iconography鈥攕uch as the butterfly, widely associated with migration鈥攊s presented alongside metaphors of the artist鈥檚 own making. For example, cactus thorns adorn the body of the artwork鈥檚 recurring female figure, serving as symbols of protection and strength, while a silhouette seated at the dinner table alludes to the looming realities of loss.
Through forms of storytelling both tender and pointed, 贬别谤苍谩苍诲别锄 draws us in, revealing urgent truths and creating a space for recognition and contemplation. The work acknowledges the immeasurable state-sanctioned violence and hardship, while, as reflected in the title, also honoring the ways immigrant and undocumented communities continue to live, grow, and nourish one another amidst attempts to silence and to stifle.
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