THE ATLANTICO MUSEUM

Art, which always plays with fantastic contradictions, moves the desert fauna to the bottom of the sea and immerses a few locals who will remain underwater for the next 150 years. In his function of social criticism, it tells us of self-centeredness or cult of self-image, of excess technology to the detriment of human ties, of the drama of refugees or of lost traditions.

Specifically, it is made up of a series of life-size sculptures located in different scenarios; The central part consists of a botanical garden that shows the rich variety of the flora of the Island of Lanzarote.

Los Jolateros: A group of children in their boats made out of brass that refers to a tradition of Lanzarote.

Immortal: Molded from a local fisherman from the island of La Graciosa, on the north coast of Lanzarote, the sculpture consists of a series of concrete sticks that represent a traditional funeral pyre.

Lampedusa Raft: A boat with immigrants. Reflection on the humanitarian crisis based on Gericáult’s painting.

Offline: A couple taking a “selfie” with their faces cut.

Crossing the Rubicon: Grouping of 35 human figures of people living on the island. They walk towards a wall and a door under the sea, which represents a boundary between two realities and a portal to the Atlantic Ocean.

Hybrid garden: Fuse nature and humanity living together in harmony while referencing the rich vegetation of Lanzarote.

Portal: The portal represents a young hybrid girl looking towards a large quadrangular mirror that reflects the surface of the ocean in motion.

Deregulated: It consists of a playground where businessmen play. A swing and two rockers try to show the indifference and arrogance of the corporate world towards the natural world.

Tubular hybrids: These sculptures are half human, half cactus.

The Photographers: Two figures of identical photographers taking a picture.

Human turn: Set of around 200 figurative works in real size that create a great circular formation.