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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.

Urumaco, 1997
Fossils (dated 6-12 million BC)
vitrines, and photographs
Installation of variable dimensions


Laguna Pasiva, 1996
Alto Orinoco, Amazonia, Venezuela



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 aluminium
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 acrylic
25 x 12 x 6 inches
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