Nasher Public – Bernardo Vallarino on the Impact of COVID-19

Artist Bernard Vallarino talks about the impact of COVID-19 on his process and creation of works like “Pedacitos de Paz” (Little bits of peace).

Vallarino’s work combines installation with video to address the persistence of violence in our society. The central element—hundreds of white ribbons looped in the style of advocacy movements and installed as a pile on a table—speaks to the “thoughts and prayers” that often follow such atrocities as mass shootings yet remain empty refrains without concrete actions for change. Bernardo Vallarino is a Colombian-American mixed-media sculptor and installation artist interested in geopolitical issues of violence and human suffering.

Nasher Public is a public art initiative which aims to generate access to public art by North Texas artists at the Nasher Sculpture Center and throughout the greater Dallas community.

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El artista Bernard Vallarino habla sobre el impacto de COVID-19 en su proceso y creación de obras como “Pedacitos de Paz.”

El trabajo de Vallarino combina la instalación con el video para abordar la persistencia de la violencia en nuestra sociedad. El elemento central —cientos de cintas blancas en el estilo de los movimientos de defensa e instaladas como una pila en una mesa— habla de los “pensamientos y oraciones” que a menudo siguen atrocidades tales como tiroteos masivos, pero siguen siendo refrenados vacíos sin acciones concretas para el cambio. Bernardo Vallarino es un escultor de medios mixtos Colombiano-Americano y artista de instalaciones interesado en asuntos geopolíticos de violencia y sufrimiento humano.

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