
We are contextual and sentimental & Meeting space(s), 2021
Sofía Salazar Rosales, We are contextual and sentimental & Meeting space(s), 2021; Depilatory wax, paraffin wax, oakum, plaster, digital print and cardboard; 56 × 104 × 89 cm
The series comprise representations of “costales,” or sacks of goods such as flour, rice and sugar.
These bags hold strongly political connotations because of their iconography, slogans and brands, connected to themes of colonialism and neocolonialism, identity, the histories of their products, as well as economic and social issues. To accentuate these works, Salazar Rosales has removed, modified, or added certain words and/or images to either make them more explicit or to grant affection to the coldness of their bodies, congealed by wax.

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Sofía Salazar Rosales, We are contextual and sentimental & Meeting space(s), 2021, Installation view of Hay cuerpos cansados por el viaje que buscan enraizarse (There are bodies tired from the journey seeking to root), BUNGALOW/ChertLüdde, 2022

Photos by Andrea Rossetti