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Empty Altars

"Empty Altars"
plaster, oil-based paint
9 in. x 12 in.
2016 - present

"Empty Altars" is an ongoing series of sculptures inspired by portable altars used by Spanish colonizers for evangelizing purposes in South America and the Caribbean. Each piece attempts but fails to achieve perfect symmetry and is void of any worshipable icons.