NADA House 2021

For NADA House 2021 Zawahra Alejandro presents "Salvanomía"; recent sculptures by Quintín Rivera Toro. “Salvanomía” is a made up term combining the spanish words “salvación” (salvation) and “dasonomía” (dasonomy)—the study of forests. Quintín engraves the words “This wood will save the country” into functional sculptures as a way to create talismans and as a form of prayer. He resignifies the resource of wood as a political material, during economic and political hardship. In this exhibit there are three functional sculptures: a bench (almond tree), a shelf (eucalyptus tree) and a bar table top (bullet tree).