





Concha roja / Red shell
2022
Concha roja / Red shell presents a luminous red hand-blown and painted glass form suspended within a tinted artisan cast net weighted by lead sinkers, the whole composition hovering between functional object and ritual artifact. Measuring 120 by 77 by 20 centimeters, the work activates its surrounding space through the tension between the fragile, translucent glass and the coarse materiality of the fishing net, a pairing that speaks to Carolina Caycedo's sustained engagement with bodies of water, extractive economies, and the communities whose livelihoods depend on rivers and coastal ecosystems. The lead weights, drawn from the vocabulary of subsistence fishing, anchor the piece both literally and conceptually, grounding its visual poetry in the realities of labor and environmental precarity. Caycedo, whose practice spans performance, video, drawing, and object-making, uses the cast net as a recurring symbol of collective memory and ecological entanglement. In this work, the shell-like glass form takes on the quality of something harvested or retrieved, a precious find caught within a web of social and ecological relationships that extend far beyond the gallery wall. The red tint infuses the net with urgency, calling to mind warnings, vitality, and the charged political atmosphere surrounding water rights across Latin America, a subject central to her ongoing project Be Dammed. Signed by the artist, Concha roja / Red shell is presented by Instituto de Visión and represents a compelling entry point into Caycedo's broader sculptural vocabulary for collectors interested in work that bridges aesthetic rigor with sustained political and environmental commitment. The absence of a frame is itself a statement, allowing the net and its contents to breathe freely and assert their own spatial presence within any collection environment.
- Medium
- Hand-blown and painted glass, tinted artisan cast net and lead weights
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Instituto de Visión
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