In her series “Missing Imaginaries” the artist denounces a truth that hides behind the fabrics weaved by illusion and disillusion. She plays with textures to create landscapes through intricate photomontages that speak of absence and pain, explores our collective fears, of homicide, kidnapping, uncertainty and insecurity, of not really knowing who are the others. Her scenes display erased characters hiding behind curtains of indifference. These beings are the folds and knots of a country submerged in a humanitarian crisis.
On her stages, the artist projects the shadows of migrants and missing people over an otherwise colorful country. These are the characters in the national nightmare from which we hope Mexico soon wakes up. The anonymity of those missing is a key aspect in her montages, it punctures holes in her images, empty silhouettes that beg the question: what if these were the ones you love? Would you still avert our eyes and forget the number of those gone?
Lizette Abraham
b 1982 Mérida Yucatán, Mexico. Lives and works in Mexico City.“Imaginarios desaparecidos” (Missing Imaginaries)
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