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María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Searching for Light
María Magdalena Campos-Pons (b. 1959, Matanzas, Cuba) lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee.
Searching for Light is a 19-foot-tall figure enveloped in cereus petals, with a closed bud at its crown. A vine traces the spine, echoing the plant’s upward growth. Inspired by the cereus flower, which blooms briefly after years of waiting, the sculpture holds a moment of anticipation, bringing attention to slow, unseen processes of growth and transformation.
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Renderings courtesy of the artist.