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MARIA CRISTINA CARBONELL
VISUAL ARTIST
MARIA CRISTINA CARBONELL
VISUAL ARTIST
SELECTED PAST WORKS
These works reflect the beginning of an ongoing process of visual reportage and research. Through direct observation of nature, I began exploring a world where reality and illusion coexist.
Inspired by the explorers of the 17th and 18th centuries, their cabinets of curiosities, and works such as The Sea of Ice by Caspar David Friedrich, I transformed landscapes into spaces of ambiguity. References to Romanticism, science, and dystopian narratives, including Blade Runner, became points of departure for reflecting on the fragile balance between humanity and nature and the consequences of its loss.
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Urumaco, 1997
Fossils (dated 6-12 million BC)
​ vitrines, and photographsÂ
Installation of variable dimensions
Laguna Pasiva, 1996
Alto Orinoco, Amazonia, VenezuelaÂ
Paisaje de un paisaje, 1996
Installation of squid sternons, iron screws, and gelatin silver print
118 x 118 x 6.6 inches
Au Revoir les Enfants, 1995
clay, taxidermied birds, feathers
Installation of variable dimensions
Crown, 1994
Candy, rat poison, transparent nail lacquer
Installation of variable size
 How much do you think you are worth dead?, 1994
Carrara marble, halogen light
16 x 15 x 11.8 inches
En vuelo, 1993
Lacquered aluminiumÂ
49 x 49 x 49 feet
Vacolico, 1993
Cow skulls, wrapped in patterned fiberglass fabric; painted over with acrylic
78 x 23 x 9 inches
Bucolico, 1993
Buffalo skulls, wrapped in patterned fiberglass fabric; painted over with acrylicÂ
25 x 12 x 6 inches
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