The Endless Spiral

The exhibition starts with the immersive installation Breaking the Perverse Frontiers of the Mirror, where concave safety mirrors that completely cover the room, observe and disturb the reflected image. Mapped and manipulated mirrors that accumulate physical and symbolic fractures. The work Fractured Footprints explores the suffering that borders cause: imposed lines that oppose necessity, survival, and understanding, scars that last a lifetime. The installation Memories of a Moving Totem introduces the visitor to the idea of mobility and the symbology of memory instruments, using cylindrical seals that have printed history in all cultures of Humanity. In Families Divided by Sharp Borders, the artist questions the concept and experiences of migration in history and highlights how a community can contribute to dismantling its horrors and injustices. Upon arriving at the installation The Shadow of the House Was Also Broken, we see the artist reflect on culture as the home that lives inside us; a refuge that has survived in the shadow of all powers.

Finally, Dreaming of a Sunrise with Feathers in the Endless Spiral the artist creates a collective and ritualistic space, united by forces of nature, where all can enter and think of the past, present and future of society.

Betsabeé Romero is an artist who has had the opportunity to live and create in different countries, cultures, and contexts, bringing new experiences and perspectives to the examination of essential and urgent topics of our time. In a multidisciplinary manner, the artist creates her works with a strong awareness of migration, gender roles, cultural traditions, religion, and individual and collective memory. Her will, which is also a method, of transgressing the boundaries of different established categories, of making injustice visible in a convoluted world, is redefined as a communal commitment through a dialogue between art, social justice, memory and heritage, all interacting for the common good.

Fractured Footprints, 2024

A spiral of small, carved wooden shoe forms or lasts. The spiral starts with lighter-colored shoes at the center and gradually transitions to a darker, richer tone at the outer edge. The way the forms are arranged suggests a sense of movement or a path, drawing the viewer’s eye inward and then outward.