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Artwork Description

"Tejiendo el Petróleo", Spanish for Weaving the Petroleum, is a series of sculptures made with petroleum from Cabimas, the Venezuelan city where the country’s oil industry was born and Pombo’s mother’s hometown. The series was born from an intention to transform petroleum into yarn, by pulling from molecular gastronomy recipes that transform algae into plastics. These prices exclude VAT Miguel, Aaron, Eloy & Enmanuel is composed of four small ball-like pieces made with the material used for the yarn. The piece is named after Pombo’s young cousins. A charismatic quartet that documented much of Pombo’s visits to Cabimas with different cameras she brought for this purpose.