Amulet: Love
Hand carved wax on marble, metal,
natural varnish, wood
42.5 x 40 x 30 cm
2025
"(...) as if the artist had decided to call upon the energies with all her strength and store them in colossal containers, which is unusual and special, because historically amulets have always been objects that can be carried in the pocket, like precious stones or coins.
The amulet in the first photo, that oval that looks like an antique charm, is made of marble and wax and the artist told me that the butterfly that is laying on it, sculpted in a flirtatious gesture, as if about to escape, symbolizes or wants to attract renewal, but I can't stop thinking about the counterpositions: the most obvious is that little butterfly, symbol of the ephemeral, over the marble, which is eternal, but there is also the fact that I am in front of a copy of one of the oldest objects in the world, an amulet, made on a giant scale, with the texture and color of a chewing gum, and on it is carved a little butterfly, not only symbol of the ephemeral, but also of the aesthetic girlie y2k."
-Fragment of review by Constanza Gutiérrez.
Photo: Pia Bahamondes
Hand carved wax on marble, metal,
natural varnish, wood
42.5 x 40 x 30 cm
2025
"(...) as if the artist had decided to call upon the energies with all her strength and store them in colossal containers, which is unusual and special, because historically amulets have always been objects that can be carried in the pocket, like precious stones or coins.
The amulet in the first photo, that oval that looks like an antique charm, is made of marble and wax and the artist told me that the butterfly that is laying on it, sculpted in a flirtatious gesture, as if about to escape, symbolizes or wants to attract renewal, but I can't stop thinking about the counterpositions: the most obvious is that little butterfly, symbol of the ephemeral, over the marble, which is eternal, but there is also the fact that I am in front of a copy of one of the oldest objects in the world, an amulet, made on a giant scale, with the texture and color of a chewing gum, and on it is carved a little butterfly, not only symbol of the ephemeral, but also of the aesthetic girlie y2k."
-Fragment of review by Constanza Gutiérrez.
Photo: Pia Bahamondes
