Blanco
2018-2022 CDMX
Enveloped in common folklore and unique family mythologies, these objects represent the romanticization of a story familiar to many: the rise of modernism and the urbanization of Mexico. Blanco explores the syncretic symbols, ideologies, and rituals that have emerged in the liminal, magical spaces between rural and urban, native and colonial ways of life.
Our futures are here, in our collaborative work and in our ability to innovate, in our ability to reinvent ourselves to recover and resurface in mutual understanding, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Blanco series objective was to work using proportions and elements of the Aztec monumental sculpture which takes up as its central axis the pre-Hispanic religious and spiritual journey with "the story of Coatlicue" and the post-colonial "Story of the Virgin of Guadalupe" that builds our Mexican identity.
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Floreo bench
Designed by Lilia Corona. CDMX 2020
For Platalea Studio - Blanco series 2021
Working grant Design Week Mexico 2021
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Materials: Solid ash wood, white ceramic
with gold leaf, gold plated bronze,
brass with copper patina.
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Religious cabinet La que tiene su falda de serpientes
Designed by Rodrigo Lobato. CDMX 2020
For Platalea Studio - Blanco series 2021
Working grant Design Week Mexico 2021
Materials: Birch plywood and solid wood screw
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Self-portrait of the artist, Mexico City, 2019Video Mariela Campa <3
Pilgrimage rug
Designed by Lilia Corona. CDMX 2019
Unique piece, it is part of the artist's portfolio
Loaned to Platalea Studio from 2020 - 2021
Textile sculpture part of the series Aphrodite Lizard in Prehistory by Lilia Corona
Mexico City - Teotitlan del Valle, 2019
Wool in natural inks and CNC flowers woven on chiffon
1x 10 m
39.3” x 393”
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Performance The Dance of Aphrodite Lizard in Prehistory #1
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Tuna rug
By Lilia Corona 2018
Platalea Studio Blancos’s series 2019
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Tuna rug
Materials: 100% wool
The handmade rug in 100% virgin wool, is made in double-height shaved fabric with sections sculptured and percitho-type terry cloth. With a weight of 2,700 Kgs/m2 of wool, woven on fabric cotton base.
Working grant Ensamble Artesano Design Week Mexico 2020
Curated by DWM and managed by Lu'um A.C and Zunzunlab, we work with artisans from Santa María Xadani, Teotitlan del Valle Oaxaca, Tzintzuntzan and Santa Clara del Cobre Michoacán.
Photos. Ana Hop for Ensamble Artesano 2021.
In the photo: Lilia Corona and Rodrigo Lobato with some of the pieces they designed for Ensamble Artesano in 2020.
Photo. Lilia Corona 2020
Donald Duck mask
Designed by Lilia Corona. CDMX 2020
Handmade by the Cornelio Family, the artisans of Tzintzuntzan Michoacán, 2020 -2021
Photo. Lilia Corona 2021
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Yacatas bowls
Designed by Rodrigo Lobato. CDMX 2020
Handmade by the family Castro, the artisans of Santa Clara del Cobre 2020
Materials: Hammered copper
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Ensamble Artesano
A collaborative platform made up of 36 allied organizations and projects whose meeting point is design, creative production, local, fair and responsible trade. They directly support more than two hundred and twenty artisan groups that celebrate and preserve the cultural heritage of our country through the techniques they work with. Promoting artisanal creation, is to give recognition and reinforce the maintenance of the formal value chains that have created horizontal work links and that guarantee a source of income for communities of artisans and artisans in Mexico.
The pieces were exhibited at the Marso Gallery of Contemporary Art, Mexico City.
The pieces were sold and distributed by Ensamble Artesano.