Sofía Táboascinco jardines flotantes para cinco piedras, 2009

five stones and five floating gardens made out of plastic bins, plastic containers, rubber tires, wood, plastic bags with earth and plants

137.8 in diameter

About the artist

investigates both natural and man-made spaces, examining how they are constructed, transformed, contemplated and perceived. Her interests are evident in the materials she utilizes and activates in her sculptures and installations, including artificial and live plants, mosaics, pool equipment, construction materials, plastic, light bulbs, fire, among others. Her work creates a threshold—a boundary between elements that may appear incongruous or irreconcilable—that serves to redefine the boundaries of the public and the private, the interior and the exterior. Táboas adeptly manipulates space to create interactive structures and contexts where materials can be reinterpreted on new terms. Despite its ostensibly formal sobriety, her work has the capacity to create habitats, such as floating gardens or underwater scenes, and explore new protozoan life, with the potential to alter perceptions, movements, and material attributes. Influenced by the Arte Povera and Neo-Concrete movements, Táboas’s practice might be conceived of as an archeology of the future, where the use of common materials helps bridge the gap that separates us from what lies outside or a distant tomorrow—while enveloping us in the familiar, here and now. Táboas received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City (1986-1990). In the 1990s, she was a founding member of the alternative space Temístocles 44in Mexico City.

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