Caricios de Recuerdos I and II (Fond Memories I and II)

Maribel Portela blends nature, world views, and the relationship of human beings to the cosmos. Caricios de Recuerdos I and II (Fond Memories I and II) combine her interest in Mesoamerican civilizations and Buddhist hand gestures. Of her work, Portela states: “I am an artist who creates objects by manipulating common materials, situations and recognizable imaginaries, my work contains elements of science and nature, also aspects that have to do with human beings, their desires, fears, dreams.”