Mariana Castillo Deball
Calendar Fall Away 40, 2022
Woodcut print on Konzo and Abaca handmade paper
181 x 131 cm
71 1/4 x 51 5/8 in
71 1/4 x 51 5/8 in
Calendar Fall Away (2022) is a body of work specially produced for Mariana Castillo Deball’s participation at the Mexican Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. It comprises a wooden floor as...
Calendar Fall Away (2022) is a body of work specially produced for Mariana Castillo Deball’s participation at the Mexican Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. It comprises a wooden floor as well as different prints on Konzo and Abaca handmade paper.
Calendar Fall Away shows symbols that evoke official documents generated by the early Spanish colonialists and by the pre-Columbian civilizations that were already inhabiting the space that is now called Mexico. The mash-up confirms conflicting ways of governing and timekeeping, even though the European one emerged as dominant.
As a calendar that has collapsed and is no longer in sync, the work, according to the artist, deals mostly with the present: “We have the official history, but we also have the untold stories. We, artists, are trying to update these stories into the present”, says Castillo Deball.
Calendar Fall Away shows symbols that evoke official documents generated by the early Spanish colonialists and by the pre-Columbian civilizations that were already inhabiting the space that is now called Mexico. The mash-up confirms conflicting ways of governing and timekeeping, even though the European one emerged as dominant.
As a calendar that has collapsed and is no longer in sync, the work, according to the artist, deals mostly with the present: “We have the official history, but we also have the untold stories. We, artists, are trying to update these stories into the present”, says Castillo Deball.