M A R I A
L E G U I Z A M O
Adiós al Hielo / Bye to the Ice
Dibujo hecho con plastilina, pegado a una ventana y mano de mamá / Oil based modeling clay drawig stuck to a window and mother's hand.
La Rebeca
Cuenco de plastilina blanca pegado a la pared y conteniendo saliva / Plasticine bowl stuck to a wall cointaining saliva.
Intemperie / Parasite
Abrigos, agua lluvia y fachada de Edificio /
Handsewn Coat, Water and Building Facade
2016 - 2018
Photo: Maya Bush
Handsewn Coat, Water and Building Facade
2016 - 2018
Photo: Maya Bush
Now Here.Nowhere, Un Muro y una Lengua
HDVideo-Performance (59:44min)
1920 × 1080
2017
- A walk through the city where I speak to the walls. I repeat constantly the phrase: "digging in me towards you", with subtle variations and alternating between English and Spanish. The phrase is said and the almost invisible stain of saliva remains.
1920 × 1080
2017
- A walk through the city where I speak to the walls. I repeat constantly the phrase: "digging in me towards you", with subtle variations and alternating between English and Spanish. The phrase is said and the almost invisible stain of saliva remains.
Now Here.Nowhere, Un Muro y una Lengua
Fotograma de Video / Video Still
Now Here.Nowhere, Un Muro y una Lengua
Installation view, Temple Contemporary
FLY
TV Monitor, a recorded-edited YouTube’s compilation of explosions, found dead fly and drop of honey.
2016
FLY
Detail
FLY
Detail
Proyecto de Arquitectura / Architecture Project
Dark room with water leak, cinderblock, candles and handwritten poems on paper.
2017
2017
Proyecto de Arquitectura / Architecture Project
Detail
Proyecto de Arquitectura / Architecture Project
Detail
Proyecto de Arquitectura / Architecture Project
- Surprise catched on video
Purple Rain (Carpet Project) / Proyecto Tapetes
Purple Rain Carpets, streets of Philadelphia
2017
- The carpets slightly disrupt normalcy in places that do not get cleaned by the local administration. In a few years, the carpets will blend with the asphalt.
Photo: Zoe Berg
2017
- The carpets slightly disrupt normalcy in places that do not get cleaned by the local administration. In a few years, the carpets will blend with the asphalt.
Photo: Zoe Berg
Purple Rain
Photo: Teresa Cervantes
Rocky Steps
Video Performance
1920 × 1080
2016
- A version of Rocky that carries water in her pockets, emulating a different kind of training towards self-realization. The water seeps through the fabric and drips, creating what could be described as an inglorious image.
1920 × 1080
2016
- A version of Rocky that carries water in her pockets, emulating a different kind of training towards self-realization. The water seeps through the fabric and drips, creating what could be described as an inglorious image.
La Ruina del Habla / Speech Shambles
Installation, Performance
2016
- Materialization of words like phantoms of meaning -carved and burnt objects: jar, head, column-, these objects are vessels that contain water and seep, as if writing on the ground and on viewer’s hands, expanding and drying up over time.
2016
- Materialization of words like phantoms of meaning -carved and burnt objects: jar, head, column-, these objects are vessels that contain water and seep, as if writing on the ground and on viewer’s hands, expanding and drying up over time.
La Ruina del Habla, Speech Shambles
Detail, Installation view.
La Ruina del Habla, Speech Shambles
Columna
Lenguas / Tongues
Fabriano Tiepolo Paper and India Ink scratched with needle.
28IN x 20IN each x 6
2015-2017
- Emulating writing exercises where a single character is written and rewritten infinitely, the drawings (scratch after scratch) become a surface that resembles a tongue. Each drawing hangs from a cut made into the wall.
28IN x 20IN each x 6
2015-2017
- Emulating writing exercises where a single character is written and rewritten infinitely, the drawings (scratch after scratch) become a surface that resembles a tongue. Each drawing hangs from a cut made into the wall.
Lenguas / Tongues
Detail.
Lenguas / Tongues
Installation Detail.
Mugre en la Pantalla / Dirt on the Screen
HD video (2:49min)
1920 × 1080
2018
- Video of a series of implosions viewed through a window. The camera moves in and out of focus, between the video and the glass. A shift of scale occurs: from buildings imploding to fingerprints, hair and dust in the glass surface.
1920 × 1080
2018
- Video of a series of implosions viewed through a window. The camera moves in and out of focus, between the video and the glass. A shift of scale occurs: from buildings imploding to fingerprints, hair and dust in the glass surface.
Abeja / Bee
Apropriated viral video from YouTube, Cardboard Box with a Hole and Pico Projector.
2017
2017
Abeja / Bee