Title of Work: El Peso de la Vergüenza
Date: 2022
Medium: Wooden pallet, spray paint, acrylic paint, paper, inkjet prints, papier mâché, oak galls, glue
Dimensions: 4 inches 48 inches by 40 inches
These wooden pallet pieces explore my identity as an immigrant in the US and my memories of displacement from Nicaragua due to a communist regime.
This pallet was not labeled so most likely made in the United States and used for domestic shipping. I found it in a garage in Burbank, Los Angeles.
Oak galls occur when a wasp injects its larva into the branch of an oak tree. The tree responds by forming an oak gall around the larva. The galls provide food and protection to allow the larva to metamorphose into a wasp.
The FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) was founded in 1961 calling their member Sandinistas. In 1979, the Sandinistas succeeded in overthrowing the Somoza regime. The Sandinista, under the direction of Daniel Ortega, governed Nicaragua until 1990.
This pallet was not labeled so most likely made in the United States and used for domestic shipping. I found it in a garage in Burbank, Los Angeles.
Oak galls occur when a wasp injects its larva into the branch of an oak tree. The tree responds by forming an oak gall around the larva. The galls provide food and protection to allow the larva to metamorphose into a wasp.
The FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) was founded in 1961 calling their member Sandinistas. In 1979, the Sandinistas succeeded in overthrowing the Somoza regime. The Sandinista, under the direction of Daniel Ortega, governed Nicaragua until 1990.
