Delcy Morelos Profundis

Delcy Morelos infused her recent installation at CAAC Sevilla with the scent of damp earth, visible roots, new leaves, and the explosion of buds from the first plants that Columbus brought to Spain after his discovery of America. Using local soil, Sevillian ‘yellow albero,’ and red soils from Huelva, Morelos created masses inside the museum to encourage a reunion with the essence of nature and, at the same time, closes a circle—a round-trip journey—between Seville and America through the plants that arrived from the new continent and now are part of a global world.

Published in the occasion of "Profundis," at CAAC Sevilla, Morelos' last site specific project, the publication also investigates on her practice and her most recent works from the DIA Chelsea New York to the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. ...