“Blow Me a Bubble”

Coral Springs Museum of Art Exhibit

“…Sylvia Riquezes proposes a metaphysical space where the viewer comes into contact with his or her human condition.

As we make our way along corridors and across rooms, we discover a mixed array of paintings, photographs, installations and videos that express the artist's philosophy.
Every showroom hosts works that convey to the participants values related to life, to the self, and to humankind. 

The fundamental axis present in all the works is a red ball, which in different numbers and sizes, and organized in different ways in the different works, constitutes the main symbol the artist proposes.

The red ball is "an emblem of humanity", as the artists states. It represents humankind and the human being in its daily struggle for life, its values, its vicissitudes, and its development.

In some works, the red ball appears to be trapped, imprisoned, trying to escape; in others, it appears calm and balanced or it is projected against a blue sky in a poetic attitude denoting extreme freedom.

The red sphere is the metaphor of our journey through life.

It becomes a kind of living personage experiencing diverse changes and passages that allegorize the different stages of man and his circumstances: birth, childhood, play, innocence, randomness, will, union, discord, war and peace.

Each work arouses feelings and emotions in the viewer. In each showroom, the viewer is faced with the challenge of discovering the subliminal message and experiencing an interior reality.

In each work, the red ball reflects a circumstance of individual or collective life…”

- Dr. Milagros Bello, Art Historian - Sociologist of Art. Miami, 2003

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