La Ofrenda
LA OFRENDA
chip board, fluorescent lights, paper, satin material and wood
36"H x 36"W x 48"D
La Ofrenda is part 1 of the series Blind Devotion depicting a religious icon utilized in three different settings. In La Ofrenda, objects relative to Santeria are offered to a sculpture of Santa Barbara, the saint used to invoke the spirit of the warrior god Oshun, in order to make a request. Created as hollow cast paper sculptures, the wine cup, cigar, candle, plate, various fruits, and saint figure all allude to the fragility of a religion that many people fear but that is still rooted within my culture.