A face that toils so close to stones...
(2023)
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Mimicking Sisyphus perpetual struggle to push a rock uphill, I strived to make a boulder my size. Each iteration was an attempt to reach my own top of the hill, that is why each "boulder" is regarded as an "ascension" followed by a number -the times I tried to build one-.
The making process became a performance of what it takes to become stone myself, experimenting with different materials, finishes and scale each time. This body of work is a never-ending piece, a lifetime work in progress, just like Sisyphus eternal punishment, there will be endless attempts, and due to its performatic nature, it might never be completed.
![Ascension I - paper mache, carborundum, acrylic paint](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/40389856-cbe1-43ab-8c9a-a200b3dd8b93_rw_1920.jpg?h=73bfefc53c8781b54362843ebbe416f2)
Ascension I - paper mache, carborundum, acrylic paint
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/7d90da39-d08e-488f-8615-75ca68f3a302_rw_1920.jpg?h=c66b7e6fc7d224ba3fa72d8a1fcc0017)
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![Ascension IV - paper mache, carborundum and lithograph](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/8a6d4702-6145-41aa-bb88-3caafd1d5efc_rw_1920.jpg?h=50f4822b5968f5a24e77779f01e22b48)
Ascension IV - paper mache, carborundum and lithograph
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/9e6d943f-90fa-4dad-83d0-c2585ddbfbb8_rw_1920.jpg?h=db67db2e2ae8f277c604d0a27800dd87)
![Ascension III - paper mache, carborundum, typewritten Kitakata paper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/e547794d-f219-4876-91f4-ec877b249ad0_rw_1920.jpg?h=b8c55b8015a66052090530fbf9037d6e)
Ascension III - paper mache, carborundum, typewritten Kitakata paper
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/1b3a29d8-2152-4910-9c58-de9e935767ef_rw_1920.jpg?h=4f4c1b63407994a7fab87db566844991)
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![Ascension IV - paper mache, carborundum, lithographs](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/dd16e05b-cb71-407e-ad0f-100dc45b90ab_rw_1920.jpg?h=cc542332a8ded0c13cff1e0b73a3d94a)
Ascension IV - paper mache, carborundum, lithographs
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/640e0e07-82cd-49d7-90e9-97b1da747279_rw_1920.jpg?h=f1fd76bd6ee298de58deceddd7d18088)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/cdc24bf4-a72d-4e59-8fdb-4f9d1133f5b8_rw_1920.jpg?h=1f2820aac8a2482105269d0ec7665465)
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![Ascension V - paper mache, carborundum, acrylic paint](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/e33cd0f8-3bb1-435a-869c-c0091805c35b_rw_1920.jpg?h=135a958aae313b9c7201dc3667afdd64)
Ascension V - paper mache, carborundum, acrylic paint
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b37cf6ab-4938-455b-a353-a38f297812cb/e3508194-d1c4-4216-a86a-48848fb8fb56_rw_1920.jpg?h=2d2c923090dd2cdaacead0e9c0dd0427)