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Mayahuel Series (2022-2023)

Series of drawings and paintings referring to goddess Mayahuel and creation myths describing the origins of Agave americana plant. Part of an ongoing project raising the issues of colonial botany and commercialization of plants, aiming to tell the stories of plants species, whose complex relationships with humans gradually faded or were erased due to decades of exploitation. 

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Maguey (07)

graphite on paper, 21x15cm, 2023

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Maguey (05)

graphite on paper, 21x15cm, 2023 

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Maguey (04)

graphite on paper, 21x15cm, 2023 

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Maguey (03)

oil on board, 24x18cm, 2022

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Maguey (02)

oil on board, 14x10cm, 2022

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Maguey (01)

oil on board, 14x10cm, 2022

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Maguey (06)

oil on board, 14x10cm, 2023

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