Horacio Quiroz

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Goddesses of Spoiled Lands

In the pictorial series Goddesses of Spoiled Lands, a series of paintings is presented that merges Quiroz's interest in mythology with his characteristic painting technique, citing the dilapidated and idiosyncratic qualities of the street stalls of Mexico City as a source of inspiration. Quiroz draws on the rich metaphorical layers of stones – as bags full of cosmic history, signs of countless entropic events, tangible evidence of the interconnectedness of all matter – to communicate the possibilities of an expanded perspective. "For me, rocks are simultaneously a representation of reality, the cosmic, the geological, and the human," shares Quiroz. "They are monolithic compounds that build ephemeral goddesses made of legends, stories, and beliefs that have formed layer after layer of human thought since their appearance on Earth." Goddesses of Spoiled Lands presents these fabulous deities encased in striated and solid marbles, framing

5 works in the series