Presented as an incoherent possibility, this sculpture expresses as a chance encounter between two components typically unassociated with each other. Titled Excessive Butter, Gabriel Rico refers to our bodies’ craving of carbohydrates, an analogy for our innate desire to hunt, innovate, and succeed. This series seeks to explore the relation between our spiritual world and our quest for technological innovation in the current digital age.
On the metaphysical level, the materials serve as reminders of our relation to the world and its discontents. The deer represents our connection with the natural and spiritual worlds, specifically among the indigenous peoples of Mexico, such as the Huicholes and the Yaquis. In their worldview, the venado azul (“blue deer”) is a brother to the human being. The various balls play with our relationship with geometry, referenced by Rico in the composition of these sculptures. He has taken into account the spherical shape of the balls, as well as their color, size, and texture to decide on their place within the antlers of the stag. All of the antlers vary, their design guiding the selection of the balls encrusted in them. These balls are also associated with the strong contemporary impetus toward the development of new technologies and materials. It is here that these pieces achieve their purpose. These inconspicuous connections are integral to reading the sculptures of this series, which are related to human existence on different levels.