Me White Gold

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This work was created during my undergraduate studies as a response to personal reflections on social equality. It explores how the promise of equality is often framed within a hyper-consumerist system, where belonging is defined by what we own and marketed ideals mask deeper structural inequalities.

I use the iconic figure of Baby Jesus —a central element in Catholic nativity scenes— and reinterpret it in porcelain. Through repetition and variation, each baby is decorated to evoke different cultures, ethnicities, and social groups. Despite these differences, all figures share the same essential state: newborns, free of societal, political, or religious constructs. Simply human beings at the threshold of life, equal in their vulnerability.

These porcelain figures are displayed on supermarket-style shelving, reminiscent of corner stores in Colombia, suggesting how even sacred symbols and human life can be commodified within consumer culture.

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Photographer: David Torres

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