Manuela Morales Délano
b. 1986 Talcahuano, ChileLives and works in Basel, Switzerland
Délano's practice spans various media, often resulting in site-specific installations that address the economic and social impact of colonial legacies. Her works often include abstract accounts of wealth accumulation, dominance, and devotion. This allows her to connect with specific contexts and geographies that she reconstructs and fictionalizes to create tensions between imposed narratives, vernacular legends, and history. Délano is a deft constructor of hi/stories, often applying the aesthetics of absurdity and camp to address these complicated relationships.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Cruel Nature Has Won Again, 2023
printed in Hahnemühle photo ras baryla
11¾ x 15¾ inches
30.00 x 40.00 cm
Manito de Guagua: Economics of the Clock, (60 minutes), 2023
Bread, salt
78¾ x 78¾ x 2 inches
200 x 200 x 5 cm
Installation view:
Too Many Wonderful People Not Enough Bikes, 2022
Mario Kreuzberg, City SALTS, Basel
La Montaña que come Hombres, 2022concrete, glitter, certified currency, copies of 1 chf coins cast in zinc
157½ x 236¼ x 1⅛ in.
400 x 600 x 3 cm
Installation view: Peace or Never
Group Exhibition
Kunsthaus Baselland, 2022
Manuela Sáenz certificated coin, 2021
Silver coin 27gr
3⅛ x 2⅜ x 0⅝ inches
8 x 6 x 1.50 cm
Installation view: Manuela Morales Délano & Robyn Tsinnajinnie in Twenty-first Century Occupational Adjustments and Considerations
Episode 7 - Do You Care Too Much?
Zapatería Zapatista, 2021
wood, acrylic paint, cardboard boxes, carpet
89.7 x 125.2 inches
2.28 x 3.18 m
Mucho pan, poca salchica, 2018
hand-blown glass, bread buns
3 x 14 x 14 in.
7.62 x 35.56 x 35.56 cm
White Marriage, 2019tulle veil, tiara
98 m
White Marriage, 2019
in collaboration with Ana Hupe, edited by Barbara Marcel
single channel video, HD
Edition of 1 + 1 AP