Maria Flores Martinez: ‘Swimming, a long time ago’ (#020)

Maria Flores Martinez: ‘Swimming, a long time ago’  2022

Lithograph, 62 x 48 cm

Instagram: @mariaaafloresmartinez

Website: mariafloresmartinez.com

Through her lithographic practice Maria swims through primordial soups and bygone worlds. As she unearths these ancient landscapes buried in stone, they become a kind of language with which to understand her diasporic identity as a displaced Latin American woman settled in Australia. However, as the modern world around us continues to undergo rapid transformation due to anthropogenic change, she lingers in these ancient spaces to reflect on the growing tension between place and the body in our shifting contemporary landscapes.

Maria is an emerging Salvadorian-Australian artist living and working in Naarm/Melbourne. She works primarily in printmaking utilising lithographic processes. In 2022 she graduated from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a specialisation in printmaking.

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