About

Piped to pink perfection, wall works by Yvette Mayorga speak the visual languages of colonialism, confectionary aesthetics, and consumer goods. Contrasting her signature pink palette with several works in monochromatic black, Mayorga uses stark extremes in color to illustrate colonial mechanisms of control in an age of decadence. Depicted in layers of piped acrylic paint, imagery including Rococo vases and wrought iron fences allude to Mayorga’s ruminations on access and privilege.

Mayorga, a Latinx artist excavating the American experience, dissects and redirects the personal and political …