About Sarabel
Bayamón, Puerto Rico, 1984
Sarabel Santos-Negrón is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and museum professional. Her work is informed by the study of nature through its social, political and ecological territories. She earned an MFA in Studio Art from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore; an MAE in Museum Studies from Caribbean University, Puerto Rico; a BFA in Painting and Art History from the University of Puerto Rico; and Art History studies from… more
Ir y Retornar: Ordenamiento Silvestre
Sarabel Santos-Negrón
March, 2020
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 5
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 6
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 7
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 14
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 21
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 28
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 35
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Ir y Retornar (The Calendar) 2020, day 42
A Place to Be
Mitigaciones
Groundscapes Displaced
The photographs of this stage of the work were taken in the towns of Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Morovis and Bayamón after the devastation of Hurricane Maria on the island of Puerto Rico.
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
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Groundscapes Displaced, Clinton, MD
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Groundscapes Displaced, Clinton, MD
Accidental Landscapes
The works titled Effluvium I (2017) and Efluvio(a) (2018) are sites specifics installations made with plastic bags collected. The pieces are developed in response to the study of the shape of the channel, history and transformation of the Bayamon River and its overflow in the past in Puerto Rico.
The work titled Ínsula: island, isolated house, place of little importance seeks to depict the affliction, reality, and the isolation of the social landscape of the Island of Puerto Rico. The work was made through drawings and collage of photographs based on ground surfaces and debris found in different places on the island. These are presented in a composition that takes as reference semiotics and symbols. The work is presented together with the sound piece Paradise for Sale in which I combine government propaganda, advertisements, and comments from people in the community, music and sounds from the environment.
The Accidental Landscapes are a series of landscapes built from impressions of real landscapes that have been affected or transformed by the hand of man, industrialization, urbanism and pollution of green areas, river basins or coastal areas of Puerto Rico. The works titled Effluvium I (2017) and Effluvio (a) (2018) are specific facilities for the site made with plastic bags collected. The pieces are developed in response to the study of the shape of the channel, history and transformation of the Bayamon River and its overflow in the past in Puerto Rico.-
EffluviumEffluvium (2017) is a site specific installation made with plastic bags. The piece is developed in response to the study of the form of the river channel and the history of the Bayamon River and its overflowing in the past, in Puerto Rico.
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Effluvium
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Effluvium
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Effluvium
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Effluvium
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10 Overflowed LR.jpg
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Ínsula: island, isolated house, place of little importance, 2018
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Ínsula: island, isolated house, place of little importance (detail), 2018
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Efluvio(a), 2018
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Efluvio(a) (detail), 2018
Surfaces Demarcations
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Surface and Superficiality, 2018
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Surface and Superficiality (detail), 2018
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Horizontal Superficiality, 2018
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Superfluous I, 2018
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Superfluous II, 2018
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Surfaces Demarcations (Ground III), 2018
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Surfaces Demarcations (Ground II), 2018
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Surfaces Demarcations (Ground I), 2018
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Non Grove, 2018
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Surfaces Demarcations (Gravel III), 2018
False Nature
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EvergreenEvergreen, 2016 Evergreen is a site specific progressive project of false nature which I did collecting plastic bags in Baltimore City, Maryland. I explore how nature is perceived in urban spaces, considering its growth and form. I’m interested in pollution and how nature is affected by that. In this case, using plastic is a direct way to talk about my environmental concerns. Evergreen is a term used to describe something will always be green and joyful, but also in marketing refers to the content that never expires, that always will be there (like plastic).
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EvergreenEvergreen, 2016 Evergreen is a site specific progressive project of false nature which I did collecting plastic bags in Baltimore City, Maryland. I explore how nature is perceived in urban spaces, considering its growth and form. I’m interested in pollution and how nature is affected by that. In this case, using plastic is a direct way to talk about my environmental concerns. Evergreen is a term used to describe something will always be green and joyful, but also in marketing refers to the content that never expires, that always will be there (like plastic).
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EvergreenEvergreen, 2016 Evergreen is a site specific progressive project of false nature which I did collecting plastic bags in Baltimore City, Maryland. I explore how nature is perceived in urban spaces, considering its growth and form. I’m interested in pollution and how nature is affected by that. In this case, using plastic is a direct way to talk about my environmental concerns. Evergreen is a term used to describe something will always be green and joyful, but also in marketing refers to the content that never expires, that always will be there (like plastic).
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EvergreenEvergreen, 2016 Evergreen is a site specific progressive project of false nature which I did collecting plastic bags in Baltimore City, Maryland. I explore how nature is perceived in urban spaces, considering its growth and form. I’m interested in pollution and how nature is affected by that. In this case, using plastic is a direct way to talk about my environmental concerns. Evergreen is a term used to describe something will always be green and joyful, but also in marketing refers to the content that never expires, that always will be there (like plastic).
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Caribbean Coral, 2016Caribbean Coral, 2016 Drawing with mixed media and polyethylene 17 ½" x 30 ¼” x 4"
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Waste Wave, 2015-2016Waste Wave, 2016 Drawing with mixed media on paper 18 ½” x 23 ½” x 7 ½”
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Stone Circum, 2016Stone Circum, 2016 Drawing with mixed media and polyethylene 23” x 26 ½”
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Aqualina, 2016Aqualina (2016) Drawing with mixed media and polyethylene on paper 26” x 36” x 5"
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Waterhole VOC, 2016
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Reserva, no más (2016).jpg