Up Close: Mariana Valencia

In Mariana Valencia’s video “Solo B”—a Spanglish phrase coined by the artist meaning “just be”—the poses of Classical and pre-Columbian sculptures guide the artist’s movements, words, and reflections. The performance roams through millennia, from ancient Greece to contemporary art, capturing the world from Valencia’s perspective, framed by her research in the Mediterranean region, ephemera collected from her mother’s youth, and other references in her proximate view.

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