The artwork is a personal exploration of family history, identity, and unresolved relationships. It uses as a point of departure a revelation about the artist late father's profession as a cobbler.
Through the recreation of shoes made from clay and the inclusion of a gilded, empty picture frame, the piece captures the complexities of heritage, loss, and reimagined connections to ancestors. The making of the shoes symbolize the craft passed down through generations and the frame speaks of absence and the unfulfilled bond between loved ones. This work reflects the artist's journey through grief, legacy, and self-identity.
This large-scale installation delves into the feelings of isolation and vulnerability experienced during the COVID-19 lockdown. Using bricks and household objects, the piece highlights the concept of home as both a place of safety and a space of confinement. Remarkably, the original work was destroyed within 24 hours of its completion, which adds to the conversation about the fragility of security and the artist's practice of letting go. The work also comments on social hierarchies and the psychological impact of isolation.
"Food Network" critiques the paradox of abundance in a society fixated on consumption while many still face hunger.
The use of artificial fruits refers to the practices of the American food industry, exposing the contradictions between capitalist overproduction and a satisfactory sense of abundance. The artist's perspective as an immigrant and its values further emphasize the feeling of stark disparity when faced with the commodified representation of sustenance in US culture and media.
