Let’s Pray is a site-specific installation inspired by the forms and conceptual gestures of the toolshed, which olivas sees as a spiritual space of creation and community-building. The installation features a new body of works in ceramic, print, neon, and sound. Crafting its framework within the abolitionist philosophy and practices of Crenshaw Dairy Mart, a South Central and Inglewood art hub co-founded by olivas, the artist enacts a meditation on the power of collective care, craft, and healing through collaboration.
Hammer Projects: noé olivas is organized by Vanessa Arizmendi, curatorial assistant.
A prayer for change, 2022
father’s tool, truck camper shell, landlord’s construction rubble, and concrete.
10’ x 10’ x 7’
A prayer for change, 2022
father’s tool, truck camper shell, landlord’s construction rubble, and concrete.
10’ x 10’ x 7’
A prayer for change, 2022
father’s tool, truck camper shell, landlord’s construction rubble, and concrete.
10’ x 10’ x 7’
5-gallon bucket and tire, 2021
terracotta, soil, mother in laws tongue, snail shell, concrete.
dimensions variable
Stacked tires and 5-gallon bucket, 2021
terracotta, soil, mother in laws tongue, concrete, snail shell, asphalt.
dimensions variable
Stacked tires, 2021
terracotta, soil, mother in laws tongue, concrete, snail shell.
dimensions variable
Morning movements, 2022
terracotta, soil, speaker, concrete, asphalt.
dimensions variable
A note on “interbeing”, 2021
Edition of 50.
1 color polymer plate with glitter (HPM)
9.25” x 6.63”
Que sueñes con los angelitos, 2022
neon
5’ x 5’ x 5”
Acquired by the Hammer Museum
let's pray