#contemporary-sculpture

#contemporary-sculpture

De Lara transforms everyday tools, plants, and furniture into anthropomorphic and surreal forms. These works act as vessels of memory, resilience, and humor, but also as pointed reflections on the immigrant experience, queer identity, and the liminal space of DACA status, the temporary US policy that offers young undocumented immigrants protection from deportation and the ability to work legally, though without a path to permanent residency or citizenship.

"My fascination with inflatable structures began when I realized how absurd, tender, and unstable they could be-all at once. Unlike rigid materials, inflatables breathe, wobble, collapse, and revive."

Artists Saman and Sasan Oskouei create abstract landscapes that visually intertwine elements of nature with contemporary industrial materials, offering a thought-provoking commentary on human-nature relationships.