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Marcel Pardo Ariza
Still Fire 2, 2018
Archival inkjet print, 17 x 12 inches
Edition 1/3, signed, front
Face-mounted, unframed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $1,500
This piece is a still life made out of fruits and fire. The original painting is from Fernando Botero, an artist whose paintings have oversaturated the Colombian artistic landscape. This piece is a conversation between the mediums of painting and photography, but also a nod to the ongoing underrepresentation of women and trans, nonbinary, Black, and other people of color in Latin American art history.
About the Artist:
Marcel Pardo Ariza
Marcel Pardo Ariza (b. Bogotá, Colombia) is a trans, nonbinary visual artist, curator, and cultural worker whose work explores the relationship of representation, intergenerational kinship, and queerness through constructed photographs and site-specific installations. Through staging and collaboration, Ariza deploys sets as a site of possibility for (re)building a story and materializing alternative and attainable present and future narratives. Ariza enjoys playing with the arbitrary rigidity that is often present in the photographic medium and the work is invested in creating long-term interdisciplinary collaborations and opportunities that are nonhierarchical and equitable.
Website: marcelapardo.com
Facebook: /marcelpardoariza
Instagram: @marcelpardoa
Venmo: @marcelapardoa
