


Multiple Clitoris (Iguazu Cataracts, Brasil/Paraguay)
2016
Multiple Clitoris (Iguazu Cataracts, Brasil/Paraguay) presents a sweeping horizontal expanse of photocollage printed on cotton canvas, measuring an extraordinary 150 by 1000 centimeters. Carolina Caycedo, whose practice centers on environmental justice and the politicization of water as a shared resource, constructs this panoramic work through the accumulation and repetition of photographic imagery drawn from the Iguazu Falls, one of the most powerful river systems in South America. The cascading forms of the cataracts are layered and mirrored across the canvas in a rhythm that echoes both geological force and bodily anatomy, with the title's explicit reference to the clitoris framing natural water systems as sites of female pleasure, sovereignty, and vitality rather than purely extractive or touristic spectacle. The work belongs to Caycedo's ongoing series Be Dammed, which investigates the consequences of dam construction on rivers, ecosystems, and the communities, particularly Indigenous and Afro-descendant populations, who depend on them. By naming the Iguazu cataracts through the language of anatomy, the artist refuses the colonial tendency to render landscapes as passive and conquerable, instead asserting a living, erotic agency within the natural world. The monumental scale of the piece is itself a political gesture, demanding that the viewer reckon with the magnitude of what is at stake when these bodies of water are threatened, commodified, or destroyed. Signed by the artist and offered through Instituto de Visión, this rare large-format work represents a significant opportunity to acquire a piece central to Caycedo's critical and internationally recognized body of work. Its cotton canvas support lends the photocollage a textile warmth that softens the work's urgent politics without diminishing them, making it as visually commanding in a private collection as it is intellectually demanding.
- Medium
- Photocollage printed on cotton canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Instituto de Visión
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