Favours (Favores)
2018
Favours (Favores)
Favor 1:
Resin sphere ⌀ 1.5 in, folded dollar bills, (2) Canadian 10-cent coins, (1) Canadian cent coin, Saint Jude Thaddeus medallion
Favor 1:
Resin sphere ⌀ 2 in, molar, (2) nails, dried anthurium bloom
Plaster cast hands, 5 in by 7 in
Favor 1:
Resin sphere ⌀ 1.5 in, folded dollar bills, (2) Canadian 10-cent coins, (1) Canadian cent coin, Saint Jude Thaddeus medallion
Favor 1:
Resin sphere ⌀ 2 in, molar, (2) nails, dried anthurium bloom
Plaster cast hands, 5 in by 7 in
Favours (Favores) is a series of sculptures incorporating relics and objects used in Latin American spiritual practices to make requests, seek protection, or invoke a favor. Rooted in Catholicism, Indigenous belief systems, and their intersections, these objects occupy a complex space between religious devotion, ritual, and practices historically stigmatized as witchcraft.
The sculptures consist of resin spheres held by cast-plaster hands, each containing a distinct assemblage of offerings. In one sphere, a religious medallion depicting Saint Jude Thaddeus is encapsulated alongside US dollar bills and Canadian coins. In another, two nails, a dried anthurium bloom, a molar, and a reliquary of the Santo Niño de Atocha (Holy Infant of Atocha) form layers of material and spiritual significance.
Both Saint Jude and the Santo Niño de Atocha are Catholic devotions shaped by histories that extend from Europe into the colonization of the Americas. By bringing religious imagery into proximity with money, botanical matter, and ritual objects, Favores examines the entanglement of faith, material exchange, spiritual protection, and colonial power. The sculptures hold these elements together without resolving their contradictions, inviting reflection on the ways belief systems persist, transform, and acquire new meanings across cultures and histories.
The sculptures consist of resin spheres held by cast-plaster hands, each containing a distinct assemblage of offerings. In one sphere, a religious medallion depicting Saint Jude Thaddeus is encapsulated alongside US dollar bills and Canadian coins. In another, two nails, a dried anthurium bloom, a molar, and a reliquary of the Santo Niño de Atocha (Holy Infant of Atocha) form layers of material and spiritual significance.
Both Saint Jude and the Santo Niño de Atocha are Catholic devotions shaped by histories that extend from Europe into the colonization of the Americas. By bringing religious imagery into proximity with money, botanical matter, and ritual objects, Favores examines the entanglement of faith, material exchange, spiritual protection, and colonial power. The sculptures hold these elements together without resolving their contradictions, inviting reflection on the ways belief systems persist, transform, and acquire new meanings across cultures and histories.