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