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Beatriz Cortez’s Cosmic Art Transcends Time & Space
Beatriz Cortez is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist from El Salvador. Her cosmic sculpture works explore the lineation of time, forming community with ancestors and predecessors. Cortez talks about her exhibition, “Cosmic Portals” and how two pieces in the exhibition invite viewers to step out of their human perspective and spark conversation with the cosmos.
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