Des-Hecho series

2009

 

4-piece series

 

Graphite and coal on treated canvas

 

100 x 200 cm each

Des-hecho (a wordplay meaning either waste or undone) is a project that explores realities of contamination and political subversions.

 

This series is based on satellite images of four waste dumps located in Chile, where each waste dump has been subject of controversy and local contamination.

 

The application of coal and graphite is not only the direct transfer of the mineral in the artistic context, but also a historical reference that this resource has as an extraction object and later as a polluting waste.

 

  • Exhibited at:
  • – 2012, Doomedscape (solo show), Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy
  • – 2010, Glass Crash Feeling – Goldrausch, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Quebrada Melendez (Des-Hecho series)
Quebrada Melendez (Des-Hecho series), exhibition overview, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany, 2010
Quebrada Melendez (Des-Hecho series), exhibition overview, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany, 2010
Quebrada Melendez (Des-Hecho series), detail
Farfana (Des-Hecho series)
Farfana (Des-Hecho series), detail
Farfana (Des-Hecho series), detail
El Boro (Des-Hecho series)
El Boro (Des-Hecho series), detail
Boyeco (Des-Hecho series)
Boyeco (Des-Hecho series), exhibition overview, Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy, 2012
Boyeco (Des-Hecho series), detail, exhibition overview, Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy, 2012
Boyeco (Des-Hecho series), detail