Among thorns…
Among thorns….., 2025 Acacia thorns, oak and linden stems, balsa wood, metal Variable dimensions Go back Entre espinas… draws from that duality present in almost all my work, where fragility and contained violence in the contemporary City are “portrayed” while simultaneously unfolding into their opposite. Like a bramble that blocks the way and imposes contemplation […]
Chrystallography
Chrystallography Go back Chrystallography Crystallography arises from found objects: some pieces of cardboard, wood and iron, which the artist bought in an antique store in Munich. They are very old models (Austria, ca. 1900), which were used in teaching to exemplify the formation of crystals. Garaicoa places them on a plinth designed specifically in each […]
All Utopia Goes Through the Belly
All Utopia Goes Through the Belly, 2008-2024 Glass, wood, acrylic, PVC, foodstuffs, carbon, stones Variable dimensions Go back All Utopia Goes Through the Belly is an installation I have been working on since 2008. It is a large set of glass jars in which wooden models of imaginary buildings, stones of various kinds, and food […]
Familia
Familia, 2023 Installation. Paper, metal, wood, MDF, glass, plastic, sound Variable dimensions Go back Familia tells a personal and intimate story of my grandparents’ exile from Ecuador to Cuba in the 30’s and of my own personal exile to Spain 15 years ago. The work starts with a portrait of the four members of my […]
From the series Lo viejo y lo nuevo
Go back Lo viejo y lo nuevo is an installation that departed from finding an old XIX century French etching portfolio in Havana. The portfolio depicted many gardens structures, such as gazebos and animal shelters. I decided to intervene those images but cutting them using a technique similar to the one used in my pop-up […]
Oratorio
Oratorio, 2022 Sound installation, metal, light, industrial net, animation. Variable dimensions Go back In May 2022, I was invited to create a site site-specific Installation for Oratorio San Filippo Neri in Bologna, the exhibition was made up of various moments that intertwine with each other: on the one hand the large sculptures that resemble the […]
Soñamos en la superficie rayada de un cristal
Soñamos en la superficie rayada de un cristal, 2021 Texts engraved with sandblasting on glass mirrors Variable dimensions Go back I have always been struck by that text that appears on the rearview mirror of any car: “Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear”. I see this sentence as a mixture of objective […]
GOQA
GOQA, 2022 Photographs, keys, rings, metal instruments, rings, etc. Variable dimensions Go back GOQA brings together a new group of photographs taken during a research trip to Johannesburg in 2022. The title of the photographic series is Zulu slang for a special key that allows illegal entry into any house. This reference is manifested in […]
