THE FLOOD
The sculptures The Tides and Reflection together compose the series The Flood. The works are interpretations of my memory of the seasonal flooding of my childhood home in Chetumal, Mexico. Specifically, I remember waking up the night of the flood and seeing the upside down image of my room reflected on the water’s surface, illuminated by the moonlight. In my works, the refection of the water becomes a reflection in glass which fragments and distorts the form of a bed and a table.
My sister and the family dog in front of a mirror of flood waters.
THE TIDES (after H. W. Longfellow), 2014
210 x 110 x 140 cm / 82.5 x 43.5 x 55 in
Two manually altered and enamel painted beds, mirrors, blue tempered glass, paint brush fragments and carpenter nails.
The Tides installed in Arroniz Gallery, Mexico City, 2014.
REFLECTION, 2010
80 x 80 x 120 cm / 31.5 x 31.5 x 47 in
Carved and enameled painted table and mirror.
Reflection exhibited in El Museo Experimental, El Eco, Mexico City, 2010.
THE MAKING OF THE TIDES
I use glass in many of my works and I always work with a family-owned glass business in the historic center of Mexico City. Here are some photos of the fabrication of The Tides.
