Memory I, Installation Views for the Final Installation of the Archive of Dust, Museum of Contemporary Art ( ES BALUARD) Palma de Mallorca
2021
Curated by Mateo Feijóo
Memory I, Installation Views for the Final Installation of the Archive of Dust, Museum of Contemporary Art ( ES BALUARD) Palma de Mallorca
2021
Curated by Mateo Feijóo
Memory I, Collages is a project of collaged works addressing destruction within the home. The collages utilize paintings salvaged from Hurricane Sandy, which were previously damaged in 9/11 at del Rivero’s studio home located at 125 Cedar Street facing Tower South on Liberty and Greenwich streets.
The paintings have been cleaned, cut and collaged with thread, silver leaf and discarded pieces of primed canvas and linen onto museum board in the spirit of mending. 136 collaged work have been produced with remnants destroyed works between 2014-2020.
Memory I, #33
2014
Collage with 9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of primed linen, thread, ink, staples and salvaged oil painting on linen on linen on museum board
20” x 16”
Memory I, #47
2018
Collage salvaged fragments of oil on primed linen, thread, cardboard, staples and 23K gold on plastic on museum board
30” x 20”
Memory I, #64
2020
9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of oil on primed linen, stitching, graphite, 9/11 found fragments of documents, ink on paper, fake pearls, needles and ink on museum board
11-1/2” x 9”
Memory I, #64 : Installation View
2020
At the end of the project which happened during the confinement due to Covid-19, and because of having been witness for Black Lives Matter near where Elena del Rivero lives in Lower Manhattan, she was, once again, influenced by what I was seeing in the streets and the spirit of this movement of liberation.
This event influenced her last collages and it also moved her to photograph some of the collages early morning in Soho, against the graffiti she would encounter in the streets.
11-1/2” x 9”
Memory I, #65
2020
9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of primed linen, oil on primed linen, 9/11 found fragments of documents, stitching, graphite and ink on museum board
10-3/4” x 8-1/2”
Memory I, #65 : Installation View
2020
At the end of the project which happened during the confinement due to Covid-19, and because of having been witness for Black Lives Matter near where Elena del Rivero lives in Lower Manhattan, she was, once again, influenced by what I was seeing in the streets and the spirit of this movement of liberation.
This event influenced her last collages and it also moved her to photograph some of the collages early morning in Soho, against the graffiti she would encounter in the streets.
10-3/4” x 8-1/2”
Memory I, #67
2020
9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of oil on primed linen, silver leaf on primed linen, rope, raw canvas, stitching, graphite and ink on museum board
11-1/2” x 9”
Memory I, #69
2020
9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of oil on primed linen, silver leaf on primed linen, ink on primed linen, stitching, 9/11 damaged postcard, Bernini’s Ecstasy of Santa Teresa, Chiesa Della Vitoria, Rome, 9/11 found fragments of office documents and ink on watercolor paper
12” x 9”
Memory I, #97
2020
9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of oil on primed linen, coated silver leaf on primed linen, stitching, 9/11 damaged postcard, Bernini’s Ecstasy of Santa Teresa, Chiesa Della Vitoria, Rome ink, a pearl, acrylic and graphite on museum board
13” x 11”
Memory I, #97 : Installation View
2020
At the end of the project which happened during the confinement due to Covid-19, and because of having been witness for Black Lives Matter near where Elena del Rivero lives in Lower Manhattan, she was, once again, influenced by what I was seeing in the streets and the spirit of this movement of liberation.
This event influenced her last collages and it also moved her to photograph some of the collages early morning in Soho, against the graffiti she would encounter in the streets.
13” x 11”
Memory I, #110
2020
Collage with 9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of oil on linen, stitching, found cardboard frame, staples, graphite and 9/11 damaged postcard (Billie Holiday) with pencil on hand-made abaca paper on museum board
23-1/2” x 17“
Memory I, #111
2020
Collage with 9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of acrylic on linen, stitching, staple, and found construction mesh screening on museum board
21-1/2” x 16“
Memory I, #115
2020
Collage with 9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of primed linen, silver leaf on linen, stitching, staples, ripped kitchen bags, damaged postcard collage (Aerial view of Guadalajara, Mexico, Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1647-52, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Boucher, Louvre), velvet and graphite on museum board
20” x 11-1/2“
Memory I, #125
2020
Collage with 9/11 and Sandy salvaged fragments of acrylic and on linen, stitching, acrylic, staple, and acrylic on found cardboard, with pearls and needles on museum board
20” x16“