LET LOVE WIN
Exhibition
Let Love Win is a project by artist Edra Soto. The sculpture references the design of domino tables. This project sets the stage for collaborative and competitive dynamics that emerge from playing dominoes. As a functional piece of public furniture, a distinctive characteristic of this domino table is the reference to the quiebrasoles, decorative concrete blocks found in homes around Puerto Rico, the artist’s place of birth. These “quiebrasoles” and “rejas” continue to resurface in Soto’s work through the ongoing project GRAFT, which considers how experiences of migration and displacement are embedded in architecture This project was part of Plaza Pública and La Residencia, a co-located residency program in partnership with Pública Espacio Cultural and Abrons Arts Center. Let Love Win was commissioned by Abrons Arts Center and curated by Natalia Viera Salgado
In 2022 Abrons Arts Center donated the
work to The Clemente, as it is a fitting cultural hub of Puerto Rican and intra-diasporic artistic activity committed to the stewardship of public architecture, place-keeping, and safeguarding communities of practice.
Images courtesy of Daniel Hojnacki
and Edra Soto
Exhibition
Let Love Win is a project by artist Edra Soto. The sculpture references the design of domino tables. This project sets the stage for collaborative and competitive dynamics that emerge from playing dominoes. As a functional piece of public furniture, a distinctive characteristic of this domino table is the reference to the quiebrasoles, decorative concrete blocks found in homes around Puerto Rico, the artist’s place of birth. These “quiebrasoles” and “rejas” continue to resurface in Soto’s work through the ongoing project GRAFT, which considers how experiences of migration and displacement are embedded in architecture This project was part of Plaza Pública and La Residencia, a co-located residency program in partnership with Pública Espacio Cultural and Abrons Arts Center. Let Love Win was commissioned by Abrons Arts Center and curated by Natalia Viera Salgado
In 2022 Abrons Arts Center donated the
work to The Clemente, as it is a fitting cultural hub of Puerto Rican and intra-diasporic artistic activity committed to the stewardship of public architecture, place-keeping, and safeguarding communities of practice.
Images courtesy of Daniel Hojnacki
and Edra Soto
