DAR

𝐒𝐨𝐟í𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 (𝐋𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐚), 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐧, 𝐟𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐨𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐧, 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝟕𝟐 × 𝟏𝟑𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐦

The series of which ‘La Mestiza’ is a part comprises representations of “costales,” or sacks of goods such as flour, rice and sugar. These bags hold strongly political connotations because of their iconography, slogans and brands, connected to themes of colonialism and neocolonialism, identity, the histories of their products, as well as economic and social issues. To accentuate these works, Salazar Rosales has removed, modified, or added certain words and/or images to either make them more explicit or to grant affection to the coldness of their bodies, congealed by wax.

Sofia Salazar Rosales
(Quito, Ecuador, 1999) lives and works between Paris, and Quito. She completed a master’s degree at the School of Fine Arts (ENSBA Paris), from which she graduated with distinction in the ateliers of Tatiana Trouvé, Petrit Halilaj and Álvaro Urbano. She was a resident of De Ateliers in Amsterdam from 2023-2025.
Salazar Rosales blends her ancestral heritage with regional and personal histories to create evocative sculptural works, using various processes to preserve, fossilize, or reproduce objects in ways that heighten their emotional impact. Drawing on material culture and history, she examines how everyday objects and goods can embody and transmit social, economic, and political narratives.

Installation view of La Biennale De Lyon: “Crossing the water”, Curated by Alexia Fabre, Lyon, 2024 - 2025
Photo by Estefanía Henríquez Cubillos
Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin