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About Sarabel

Baltimore City

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

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False Nature

False Nature is series of works in which I explore the natural world from a biological, botanical and ecological approach. My interest lies in evoking nature, not only from its composition or physical appearance, but also by its molecular and chemical structure. In addition, part of this project is based on a collaborative practice. Since last year until recent months I have been integrating plastic (polyethylene or plastic bags) that I have been collecting in the community where I live in Bayamon City, Puerto Rico and in Baltimore City, Maryland. Using polyethylene as an integral part of the work responds to my concerns about pollution and the excess production of this material which affects our environment. The result are drawings that refer to the natural world. The synthetic material is invading and intervening the drawings as a metaphor for pollution in which we are immersed and adapted. It is a false, synthetic and toxic nature.
  • Evergreen
    Evergreen
    Evergreen, 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).
  • Evergreen
    Evergreen
    Evergreen, 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).
  • Evergreen
    Evergreen
    Evergreen, 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).
  • Evergreen
    Evergreen
    Evergreen, 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).
  • Caribbean Coral, 2016
    Caribbean Coral, 2016
    Caribbean Coral, 2016 Drawing with mixed media and polyethylene 17 ½" x 30 ¼” x 4"
  • ​Waste Wave, 2015-2016
    ​Waste Wave, 2015-2016
    Waste Wave, 2016 Drawing with mixed media on paper 18 ½” x 23 ½” x 7 ½”
  • ​Stone Circum, 2016
    ​Stone Circum, 2016
    Stone Circum, 2016 Drawing with mixed media and polyethylene 23” x 26 ½”
  • Aqualina, 2016
    Aqualina, 2016
    Aqualina (2016) Drawing with mixed media and polyethylene on paper 26” x 36” x 5"
  • Waterhole VOC, 2016
    Waterhole VOC, 2016
  • Reserva, no más (2016).jpg
    Reserva, no más (2016).jpg
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    • Accidental Landscapes

    The Accidental Landscapes are a series of landscapes constructed from impressions of real landscapes that have been affected or transformed by the hand of the man, industrialization, urbanism and pollution of green areas, river basins or coastal zones in Puerto Rico.  

    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.
    • Effluvium
      Effluvium
      Effluvium (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.
    • Effluvium
      Effluvium
    • Effluvium
      Effluvium
    • Effluvium
      Effluvium
    • Effluvium
      Effluvium
    • 10 Overflowed LR.jpg
      10 Overflowed LR.jpg
    • Ínsula: island, isolated house, place of little importance, 2018
      Ínsula: island, isolated house, place of little importance, 2018
    • Ínsula: island, isolated house, place of little importance (detail), 2018
      Ínsula: island, isolated house, place of little importance (detail), 2018
    • Efluvio(a), 2018
      Efluvio(a), 2018
    • Efluvio(a) (detail), 2018
      Efluvio(a) (detail), 2018
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