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Milagro! 2021 is a site specific installation Milagros by artist Carlos Betancourt in collaboration with architect Alberto Latorre. The installation is inspired by the Ex-votos, Milagros tradition that originate din the Iberian peninsula and still practiced mostly in Mexico and Greece. The artwork serves as a mechanism for hope. It is composed of hundred of sculptural elements designed by the artists in collaboration with artisans in Oaxaca Mexico. Commissioned by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affaris Council for Art Basel week, MB 2021. 

  • Milagro! (video link of artwork and opening art processional), 2021
    Milagro! (video link of artwork and opening art processional), 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! (at dusk), 2021
    Milagro! (at dusk), 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
  • Milagro (at dusk), 2021
    Milagro (at dusk), 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! (close up), 2021
    Milagro! (close up), 2021
    (close up images)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! (close up), 2021
    Milagro! (close up), 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! (close up), 2021
    Milagro! (close up), 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! , 2021
    Milagro! , 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! (video link of procession), 2021
    Milagro! (video link of procession), 2021
    Digital video.
    Series: Milagro
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    Print on paper ( presentation drawings )
    Series: MIlagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    Print on paper (presentation drawings).
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    Print on paper (presentation drawings)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro!, 2021
    Milagro!, 2021
    (installation photographs)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! ( link to NYT essay ), 2021
    Milagro! ( link to NYT essay ), 2021
    tin, aluminum, bronze
    (steel wire for structural support)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! (artesano de Oaxaca at work), 2021
    Milagro! (artesano de Oaxaca at work), 2021
    (photograph of artesano in Oaxaca, Mexico, working on the sculptural elements of the site specific installation)
    Series: Milagro!
  • Milagro! (City of Miami Beach invitation to exhibit opening), 2021
    Milagro! (City of Miami Beach invitation to exhibit opening), 2021
    (invitation to site specific artwork opening event and other promotional imagery)