Life and Return 2009. Aluminio y lycra. 2,5 x 2,5 x 3m.
…We enter a realm of colors and vegetal forms where we can access the limits set by our imagination. The voluptuousness of their sexual organs, arranged to attract insects and birds, is materialized in fabrics, fiberglass, and metallic elements. Monique Bastiaans replaces the vegetal fibers of these living beings with industrial structures that can sustain the scale of their new configuration. In a way, this substitution of resistant elements makes it possible to supersize these ethereal beings without losing the sense of delicacy…
Clara Muñoz 2009