Mateo López Maiz , 2020 Cotton duck fabric and metal Work: 118 x 116 x 58 cm
“During lockdown I had a lot of spare time to take care of my plants and I started planting seeds of fruits and vegetables. Now I have pots full of crops. Avocados, potato, carrots, garlic, corn. My favourite is the corn plant, which grows fast in a spiral shape and extends long leaves that fold with its weight. I started doing drawings to understand the shape and trying to find a pattern, a geometric abstraction. The result is this wall piece made out of metal and cotton fabric; the extensions rotate on the same axis and you can move them.
The work is a tribute to the corn plant introduced by Antonio Caro, a Colombian conceptual artist. Around 1980 he described that this plant identifies our region from north to south. The work is a continuation of his idea and also the legacy, craft and geometry left by the pre-Hispanic culture.”
- Mateo López, 2020.
