Víctima o villano, plastic bags and pacemaker, 33 x 20 x 27cm.
Ola, acrylic box and plastic straws, 70 x 70 x 7 cm.
550 ml de agua gaseosa, 3D print with PLA bioplastic, 36 x 24 x 24 cm.
Prohibición (Acuerdo 45-2018 ), laquer on plastic, 30 x 26 x 26 cm.
Bolsa magenta, 3D print with PLA bioplastic, 32 x 20 x 10 cm.
Jaragua, triptych, mixed media, 50 x 50 cm. c/u.
Paisaje III, oil on linen, 50 x 50 cm.
A través del espejo, mirror and plastic bags, 73 x 58 cm.
Plasti-coso, digital photography on metalic paper, 55 x 65 cm.
“Fantastic Plastic”, solo show, Alliance Française, Guatemala City
More than a century ago, the scientific invention of plastic dazzled the world: it is cheap, indestructible, and transformable. Countless objects are created from this fantastic and indispensable material, which we insist on corrupting. We feel for it such attraction and dependence that its massive consumption and the resulting enormous quantities of its detritus are polluting our planet at unsustainable levels.
With my research, and through my aesthetic proposals with materials as vulgar and common as polymers, I seek to motivate the observer to reflect.
What is plastic? A material that can inspire and transform into the unthinkable. Including a work of art.
– Katia Miranda