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Mauricio Aguirre Patiño
Mauricio Aguirre Patiño is a Colombian lawyer and a prosecutor of the Investigation and Accusation Unit of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the body that in May 2023 charged the artist's father with persecution as a crime against humanity. Released in 2016 after nine years in prison, considered a political prisoner, the artist's father now faces a process his family has always denounced as built on fabricated accusations.
His portrait, a mosaic of thousands of Colombian jam labels (40 × 120 tiles), was created for Marmelade: Trinity during a residency at Stereolux. The machine systematically destroys the portrait over the course of the exhibition; it was destroyed at the Scopitone Festival (Nantes, France, 2024). One production, one destruction.
Mosaic of more than 4,000 printed Colombian jam labels, pinned by hand on transparent acrylic (4 panels, 3 mm), approx. 75 × 150 cm (30 × 60 in).
Originals and editions for sale
One original exists, bearing the marks of its own destruction. After the exhibition, the destroyed portrait is reassembled for framing.
Available for sale (inquiries: sales (at) almario (dot) ca):
- 2024 original, destroyed at the Scopitone Festival, Nantes
Signed and numbered reproductions of the original are also available, in a limited edition of 20.
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