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Daniel Lind-Ramos: Ensamblajes

Commission/Exhibition for Nottingham Contemporary
£10,000 awarded

The first major exhibition of sculptor Daniel Lind-Ramos in Europe, Ensamblajes featured five of the artist’s monumental sculptural assemblages, including The Green Guardian, a new commission enabled by the Foundation’s support.

A sculpture made from salvaged and recycled materials. It features many shades of green, and has a central 'eye' shape that looks reminiscent of a surveillance camera.
A sculpture made from salvaged and recycled materials. It looks somewhat like the prow of a ship, emerginf from a hillside made of red and green sacks with numbers printed on them.
A sculpture made from salvaged and recycled materials. It has brightly-coloured elements, and looks somewhat animalistic.
Two sculptures made from salvaged and recycled materials. They are brightly coloured and look vaguely humanoid.
A gallery space showcasing three sculptures made from salvaged and recycled materials. They are brightly coloured and look vaguely humanoid.
A sculpture made from salvaged and recycled materials. It features many shades of green, and has a central 'eye' shape that looks reminiscent of a surveillance camera.

About the exhibition

Daniel Lind-Ramos (b. 1953) was born in the town of Loíza in Puerto Rico, where he currently works and resides. Founded by formerly enslaved people in the 16th Century, Loíza became a hub of West African cultural traditions maintained by the resident ‘Afrodescendientes’ (Afro-descendants).

The monumental sculptural assemblages displayed in Ensamblajes pay homage to this history and these traditions along with a wider human narrative into which all stories are woven. The included works were: Ambulancia 2020 (2022-23), Centinelas de la luna nueva (2022-23), Centinelas de la luna nuegra (2022-23), El Viejo Griot (2022-23), and The Green Guardian (2024).

Each of the works are composed of items washed up on the local shoreline or gifted by friends, that hold snippets of personal stories: from old boots, shoes and nets, to items of sacred personal value, and the bright blue FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) tarpaulins distributed to Puerto Rican communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s devastation in 2017. Lind-Ramos fuses these materials into sculptures of semi-mythological guardians, of both the mangroves, essential to the local ecosystem, and the lives of the people with which they intersect.

The Henry Moore Foundation’s grant supported the development and production of a newly commissioned sculpture, The Green Guardian. This sculpture was formed as a sentinel, with its greens, blues and sandy tones embodying the colours of the shores and mangroves of Loíza. This new work was presented to audiences for the first time during this exhibition.

Daniel Lind-Ramos: Ensamblajes was on display at Nottingham Contemporary from 2 February until 4 May 2025.