Limpio de Sangre

Limpio de Sangre literally means 'clean of blood' and in the colonial times in Colombia it meant 'blue-blooded' or of noble blood. It was used to clarify that someone had no indigenous or slave heritage. This work is constructed from panela raw sugar blocks and gold leafed lettering. 

Secunda Salon de Arte Joven, Bogotá, Colombia, 1993. 

Images © Penelope Richardson