Domestic Marble

Over the last 12 years, I have made many extensive travels to the Altiplano of Bolivia. Accompanied by the Bolivian performance artist Gastón Ugalde and some of his assistants we would cross the Andes with a 4wheel drive in search for good locations to make performances and installations. Fascinated by the beauty of the surreal Andes landscapes, I utilize this as my canvas.
Like the salt desert Salar where an enormous space of whiteness covers over 10,000km⊃2; of salt flats.  Or the colored lakes in the south of the country, like the red Laguna Colorada, where the earth is colored by minerals. In these remote places the indigenous Aymara people seem to live in balance with nature. You feel a strong sense of pride for their land, for nature. I found it inspiring that Bolivia is the only country on earth where there is a law that defines Mother Earth as "a collective subject of public interest".

White Pyramid, 2011
Truck with a load of salt in the shape of a pyramid on the edge of the salt desert. These trucks are used daily to carry heavy loads of salt from the desert to the factory.

Chairs, 2010
Wooden chairs with salty seats. An homage to the infamous ‘Fat Chair’ of Joseph Beuys.

Pink Lady, 2015
A lady in pink and two floating bowlers on the vast salt flats. It was also customary for my mother to wear pink garment and a small hat. Quechua women have worn hard felt bowler hats ever since British railway workers introduced them there in the 1920s.

Sajama, 2010
Pink bubbles floating in front of the dormant Sajama Volcano.

My White Knight, 2011
On the back of a truck, used for the mining industry, a pile of white salt explodes. Out in the open, on the streets of La Paz, one can easily buy a stick of dynamite.

Carpet, 2010
Multi-coloured spices fill the natural polygons created by the desert wind. After a couple of hours, the wind took the powder and mixed the tasty powder with the salt lying on the surface.

Red Truck, 2010
A conical pile of red spice placed on a red truck in the salt flats. These trucks are used daily to carry heavy loads of salt from the desert to the factory.

Two Trucks, 2010
Two trucks with piles of yellow and red spices on the salt flats. These trucks are used daily to carry heavy loads of salt from the desert to the factory.

Mirrors, 2012
A line of mirrors placed in the highlands of the Andes mirroring the sky.

Coca Truck, 2012
Truck with a load of coca powder in the salt desert. These trucks are used daily to carry heavy loads of salt from the desert to the factory.

Chair, 2010
Wooden chair with salty seat.  An homage to the infamous ‘Fat Chair’ of Joseph Beuys.

Balloon Trucks, 2012
White trucks carrying a load of big balloons. These trucks are used daily to carry heavy loads of salt from the desert to the factory.

I Cherish the Moments We Blushed, 2011
The powder of black coal and white flower fills the natural polygons of salt. After a couple of hours, the desert wind took the powder and mixed the black and white until nothing remained.

One Thousand Bananas, 2015
One thousand bananas arranged in the form of the moon by the Sajama Volcano. In 2015, the Panama disease ruined most of the banana crop.

Haystack, 2015
A girl with an oversized bowler hat leaning against a stack of reed on a small island at Lago Titicaca. Quechua women have worn these hard felt hats ever since British railway workers introduced them there in the 1920s.

Coca Explosion, 2015
A pile of coca leaves explodes from the back of a truck. Dynamite is regularly used in the mining industry and can be easily bought on the streets of La Paz.

White Pyramid
100 x 300 cm (edition 4)
60 x 180 cm (edition 6)
30 x 90 cm (edition 12)

Chairs
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

Pink Lady
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)
60 x 75 cm (edition 12)

Sajama
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

My White Knight
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)
60 x 75 cm (edition 12)

Carpet
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

Red Truck
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

Two Trucks
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)
31 x 40 cm (edition 30)

Mirrors
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

Coca Truck
100 x 300 cm (edition 4)
60 x 180 cm (edition 6)
30 x 90 cm (edition 12)

Blue Truck
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

Chair
35 x 35 cm (edition 10)

Balloon Trucks
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)
31 x 40 cm (edition 30)

I cherish the moments we blushed
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

One Thousand Bananas
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)

Haystack
150 x 120 cm (edition 6)
125 x 100 cm (edition 6)
75 x 60 cm (edition 12)

Coca Explosion, 2015
120 x 150 cm (edition 6)
100 x 125 cm (edition 6)