Ponchada por el paisaje / Puncture by The Landscape photo by Photo Carraol
Mexico artist Betsabee Romero takes the romance of cars very personally. In her new installation in Atrio de San Francisco, an open-air plaza in the heart of downtown Mexico City, old Volkswagon Beetles are attached to each other in a daisy chain that arcs over the plaza. Another sedan is covered in the colorful handmade tiles of a traditional Mexican kitchen, transforming the cold metal into a warm symbol of family. Romero is interested in the part cars play in human life - getting us from place to place is the least of it. She recognizes that cars are often the site of sexual initiation, sometimes they are our only shelter from the elements when houses fail, but also can be places where life can come to an abrupt end. They are often dangerous targets for kidnappers and for thieves. In a city where traffic routinely turns the air and residents' lungs grey with exhaust fumes, Romero fills an old VW bus with planet healing green plants. Romero uses homely materials to transform vehicles; her art may suggest many things, but remains an exciting and comfortable experience.
Watch Betsabee Romero describe her work in a video by Deborah Bonello, a multi-media journalist based Mexico City.
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