Roots 2

Beatriz Cortez

Roots 2, 202078 x 51 x 48cmSign in to view price
Details
MaterialGallery
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork showcases a striking metal sculpture composed of an intricate tangle of blackened rods and twisted forms. The overall composition has a dynamic, organic quality, with the intertwining elements creating a sense of movement and energy. The use of dark, monochromatic tones and the rugged, industrial materials lend the piece a raw, visceral aesthetic. The sculpture's abstract, biomorphic nature suggests a connection to natural forms, possibly referencing themes of growth, decay, or the cycle of life. The artist's intention may have been to explore the tension between order and chaos, or to provoke a contemplative response from the viewer. ...

Similar Artworks
Untitled
Untitled #6, série Rencontre
Dalila Dalléas Bouzar
Untitled #6, série Rencontre, 2015
28 x 21cm
14 Wild Dreams
Carolina Caycedo
14 Wild Dreams, 2021
112.4 x 27.94 x 27.94cm
Untitled #1, série Algérie Année 0
Dalila Dalléas Bouzar
Untitled #1, série Algérie Année 0, 2011
40 x 30cm
Plans de l'être
Dalila Dalléas Bouzar
Plans de l'être, 2019
28 x 21cm
Yacumama
Carolina Caycedo
Yacumama, 2017
150 x 1200cm
North Korea, 1950 - 53
Lien Truong
North Korea, 1950 - 53, 2017
17 x 21cm
Maligna
The Worm Husband (Our Father)
Candice Lin
The Worm Husband (Our Father), 2016
61 x 31 x 150cm
Astral Traveling (like alter ether rhythms on Sunday breezes)
Glen Wilson
Astral Traveling (like alter ether rhythms on Sunday breezes), 2021
124.5 x 149.9cm
Joy in Paperwork #326-328
Amalia Pica
Joy in Paperwork #326-328, 2016
30 x 21cm
Screen Shot R.M
Latifa Echakhch
Screen Shot R.M, 2015
173 x 300 x 2cm
Feelings of Love (La Causa, Vol 1, No. 3, September )
Andrea Bowers
Feelings of Love (La Causa, Vol 1, No. 3, September ), 1969
187 x 43cm
SNOW DRIFT
Shannon Ebner
SNOW DRIFT, 2022
55.1 x 37.3 x 4.1cm
Untitled
Camille Henrot
Untitled, 2016
54.6 x 42cm
Kiss, série Algérie Année 0
Dalila Dalléas Bouzar
Kiss, série Algérie Année 0, 2012
30 x 40cm
Beatriz Cortez
Artist
Beatriz Cortez
B.1970, Salvadoran

Beatriz Cortez is an artist who creates sculptures and large-scale public installations that focus on themes of migration, movement, and cultural exchange. Drawing inspiration from her own experience of immigrating to the United States from El Salvador, she incorporates indigenous elements such as plants and stones from the Americas into her sculptures to highlight the parallels between the migration of people and plants. In her public installations, she includes weather and other atmospheric conditions to encourage viewers to consider the vast time spans marked by the planet's movements, the presence of non-human worlds with different timeframes all around us, and the ways in which materials are affected by their location and interactions with the environment. Her most popular work, Tzolk’in (2018), is a large-scale mechanical sculpture that incorporates elements of Mayan cosmology and technology. The machine is inspired by the ancient Maya calendar that was used for agriculture, and its gears move in a way that combines circular and linear motion. Her work imagines a new kind of space that brings together different histories and cultures, acknowledging global and cosmic nomadism and envisioning the potential for divergent entities to coexist. ...

Beatriz Cortez: Artworks
Who do you believe more, the subversives or the embassy? (W. Washington blvd and Hoover St., LA, CA, USA)
Beatriz Cortez
Who do you believe more, the subversives or the embassy? (W. Washington blvd and Hoover St., LA, CA, USA), 2021
253 x 116 x 19cm
The Breathing Stone
Beatriz Cortez
The Breathing Stone, 2021
60 x 61 x 75cm
The Underworld
Beatriz Cortez
The Underworld, 2021
168 x 168 x 23cm
Roots 4
Beatriz Cortez
Roots 4, 2020
112 x 64 x 48cm
Roots 5
Beatriz Cortez
Roots 5, 2020
155 x 59.69 x 54cm
Roots 6
Beatriz Cortez
Roots 6, 2021
155 x 36 x 46cm
Roots 7
Beatriz Cortez
Roots 7, 2021
154 x 52 x 37cm
Roots 8
Beatriz Cortez
Roots 8, 2021
74 x 35.566 x 18cm
FOREVER YOUNG
Beatriz Cortez
FOREVER YOUNG, 2021
94 x 94 x 94cm
2 x 2
Beatriz Cortez
2 x 2, 2019
61 x 61 x 61cm
UNTITLED (from .bury.me.fiercely.)
Beatriz Cortez
UNTITLED (from .bury.me.fiercely.), 2021
66 x 53 x 4cm
Hidden
Beatriz Cortez
Hidden, 2017
29 x 37 x 4cm
I expected something (dedicated to A.C.)
Beatriz Cortez
I expected something (dedicated to A.C.), 2017
29 x 37 x 4cm
Roots 1
Beatriz Cortez
Roots 1, 2020
71 x 81 x 61cm
Roots 2
Beatriz Cortez
Roots 2, 2020
78 x 51 x 48cm
Tombstone/Lápida
Beatriz Cortez
Tombstone/Lápida, 2020
85 x 55 x 4cm
Five Point Hood Shield (light blue)
Beatriz Cortez
Five Point Hood Shield (light blue), 2019
62 x 66 x 7cm
Fifteen Point Shield 1
Beatriz Cortez
Fifteen Point Shield 1, 2019
61 x 66 x 8cm
Nine Point Custom Made Shield
Beatriz Cortez
Nine Point Custom Made Shield, 2016
76 x 84 x 20cm
The Argonaut: after Pakal
Beatriz Cortez
The Argonaut: after Pakal, 2018
318 x 127 x 153cm
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...

Unlock Price & Inquiry Access