Photo: Michael Benedict Barnoya
“La sombra”
“The Shadow”
Guatemala, 1999
Red high-heel shoes and cement
400 x 400 x 5 cm | 157.5” x 157.5” x 2”
These pair of shoes were burried in the cement platform.
On the last day of the exhibition I did the performance of pulling out the
shoes from the platform, as an act of liberation.
Exhibition details:
“Sin pelos en la lengua”, Plaza G&T, Guatemala
February 27-March 21 1999
Curated by Grupo PAI (Proyecto de Arte Independiente)
Related artworks:
Serie
“Instalación en museos de arte” (“Installation
at Art Museums Series”)
“Valentía
y coraje” (“Courage and Bravery”)
Related press:
Cazali, Rosina. “The Revenge of the Barefoot Eagle”, Atlántica, Revista de Arte y Pensamiento (Spain). No.31 (Winter 2002): 74-83