Disguises of Power, 2022

White chocolate

90 x 60 x 40 cm

Venga le digo, curated by Samuel Lasso and Jenny Diaz 

Biquini Wax EPS, Mexico City

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Disguises of Power III, 2024

White chocolate, stainless steel refrigerator

210 x 80 x 75 cm

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Lions carved in marble or cast in bronze often appear as silent sentinels of authority, stationed outside courthouses, national palaces, and public parks. They flank kings and queens, monuments and gates — emblems of strength, vigilance, and dominion. In Disguises of Power, this symbol is cast in veined white chocolate and installed alone in an open garden. Removed from its usual context of grandeur and institutional control, the lion returns to wilderness and vulnerability, encroached by overgrown foliage and exposed to heat, nature, and time. This piece is the first in a series that seeks to reflect on how public space is shaped and marked by symbols of domination, in an attempt to reappropriate and resignify them through acts of replication and material inversion.