The Mexican artist used "terracotta, volcanic rock, and bronze to carve and mold the sculptures…in this Edenic atmosphere," writes Johanna Fateman.
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Take a closer look at the Americas Society exhibition that explored the work of one of Mexico's most prominent female sculptors.
Museo Escultórico se dedica a "la pionera en practicar de manera profesional la escultura en México", escribe Merry MacMasters en La Jornada.
"[Cabrera] is attentive to posing and the shape of the body and visual cues related to gender," said co-curator Rachel Remick to The Art Newspaper.
Geles Cabrera es "una poderosa artista que, literalmente, logró hacerse un espacio para sí misma", dijo Aimé Iglesias Lukin a Agencia EFE.
Watch a conversation between filmmakers featured in the Americas Society exhibition This Must Be the Place.
La primera exposición de la escultora mexicana en Estados Unidos se inaugura el 8 de junio y mostrará 40 años de su carrera.