intimate waste, environmental debris, domestic construction materials:
charcoal, coral, sea sponges, chancletas, woven palm fronds, palm stamens, palm husks, synthetic hair weave, human hair, fingernails, window lace, wall insulation foam, building studs, floor resin, industrial adhesive, interior latex paint, landscape marking paint, spray paint, nail salon paint
Mar Sangria is a procreative effigy figure composed of intimate waste, environmental ephemera and domestic construction materials grotesquely arranged in sedimentary layers of fire coral red. Translated from Spanish, Mar Sangria is River of Blood/Wine a syncretic reference to the Catholic archdioses collection where the artist's Inca, Moche and Andean ancestor's fertility effigies are housed. Part of a site specific installation "Coralina triptych" at Colonial FL Cultural Heritage Museum responds to the collection of colonial spoils from the artist's heritage, including a Mother Mary white marble figure shaded by a Flan Boyan Royal Poincietta tree. The work reclaims a Catholic rosary originating in indigenous Caribbean and Andean mythology.
Mar Sangria artist created after collecting littoral litter for 4 years along the seashore in Miami beach with her daughter. Dead coral, sponges, chancletas, palm husks, palm stamens shells and straws are among the refuse ingredients in the sculpture the artist refers to as "gifts from Yemaya" that were reclaimed after climate pulses including hurricanes, tropical storms and moon tides.
- Collections: Mother Mold monuments