Marigold Santos

Catch this new work in Mexico City with @patelbrowngallery for @mmmmmaterial . My works will be featured alongside new works by @personfrompotluck and @kyleamartens . Fair opens today and runs Feb 6-9 ❤️

𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 (𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜)
2025
31” x 41”
Acrylic, pigment, gesso on canvas

A striated figure with large holes within her body gestures outwardly, while surreal botanical growths erupt from the places where her nipples would be. Her gaze is direct and firm, bloodshot, her face is painted with marks similar to moth antennae. She is placed in an atmosphere void of specificity, and yet feels familiar, like water, sky, whirling clouds or water. As she is solid, she is also organically changing, the striations representing layers of experience, resilience through complexity, movement and topography, and flow. The growths within her and outside of her, are almost their own antenna capturing the movement outside the body to translate within, and to give guidance towards a direction to follow.

Frame by @yrkypk

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