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Moon Spirit
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Deer Man
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Call Number: Box 09, folder 04, slide 05
The thorny branches of a rosebush form the base for this sculpture. Handmade paper is plastered around the base and mussels shells serve as eyes.
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From the series “Tree People,” which spanned from 1980-1990, the work reflects the artist’s intimate engagement with Indigenous knowledge and her inspiration to return mystery to nature. Vallejo describes her sculptural process as a sort of collaboration between her artistic vision and found materials. Here, handmade paper pulp culminates at the base of rose bush stems to produce a mystical deer man that seems to exude a life force of its own. Through the series, Vallejo engages with the traditions of various Indigenous cultures to morph human and animal figures as a means to celebrate their respective qualities. With Vallejo’s knowledge of Indigenous visual practices, the series pushes against the ever expanding morphing between humans and machines in our increasingly mechanized world. (Author: Laurin Ecklund)
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