Corroded (Chile)

Treated copper and treated nickel
60 X 42 X 5 cm
2020

Following on from Reflection (Graneros), which celebrated the inspiring natural landscape of Chile, Corroded looks to visualise the country’s political landscape, specifically the protests and civil unrest in 2019. Observing the insurgence of her home country, Francisca Prieto visualises the origin of such resentment, a corrosion of society from within. Viewed straight on Corroded is a delicate framework, an ordered pattern of lines gleaming in copper. Yet hidden from view are darkly corroded plates, black and absorbing as the galvanising of change spreading across a people. Visible from both left and right – as from each side of an extreme political view – these black plates juxtapose the bright copper definitively, a darkly burnt mark on what has been: the shining values of society and misplaced trust in politicians’ hands. Thankfully there is also space in Prieto’s framework, left empty for room to learn, listen and grow.

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