Body Mixed Media Sculpture

This mixed media sculpture explores the fragile balance between structured thought and fluid human perception

Artwork Description

 about this Mixed Media sculpture

Body is a visual metaphor that explores the delicate balance between fragility and protection within the human experience. At the center of this piece is a red balloon. It represents vitality, emotion, and the essential vulnerability of being alive.

The balloon is enclosed within a clear acrylic box. This transparent barrier both reveals and isolates, creating a sense of quiet tension. Surrounding the balloon are sharp metallic pins. They hover with silent threat, poised to pierce but held just at bay. This proximity of threat and form captures a moment of stillness. It feels like a breath held between danger and survival.

The contrast is immediate. The soft, weightless balloon and the rigid, piercing pins speak to the fragility of the human form. The pins symbolize life’s external pressures. They echo the risks, fears, and invisible forces that surround us daily. Yet the balloon remains intact. Suspended, weightless, and exposed, it becomes a symbol of inner strength and quiet resistance.

The box acts as both a frame and a cage. It forces the viewer to examine what lies within, held in tension. Here, fragility is not a weakness. It becomes a source of meaning, a sign of something tender and precious worth preserving.

Body asks the viewer to reflect. How do we protect what matters, and how do we live knowing everything can be lost? The confined space intensifies the message. It speaks of the need for care, awareness, and the constant dance between fear and hope.

This mixed media sculpture is not just an object. It is a psychological landscape, inviting personal interpretation and emotional engagement. It captures the quiet beauty of vulnerability. It also acknowledges the ever-present risk of rupture that shadows all living things.

In its simplicity, this mixed media sculpture holds depth. It is a portrait of the human condition, suspended between strength and the inevitable ephemeral. Let this piece be a reminder. A tribute to the fragile courage it takes to remain open in a world that can hurt.

artist statement

I see myself as a full-time visual consumer, constantly absorbing and responding to my surroundings. My artistic journey spans sculpture, engraving, and photography, each helping shape my visual language. Sculptural practice became my core medium, where I reconstruct emotions and build alternative narratives.

Through materials and photographs, I assemble illusions that question reality and perceived truth. My work explores the creation of identity and sensation through the reconfiguration of visual and emotional fragments. Each piece invites reflection on the human psyche, its fragility, adaptability, and layered meaning.

I examine the mind as a transformable and ever-shifting entity. We are shaped by our environments, political realities, and existential tensions. I do not depict a specific individual, but rather the universal state of becoming. Every human presence encountered influences my process, feeding a deeper reflection on shared psychological landscapes.

Artist Bio

Diana Beltran was born in Bogotá in 1978. She earned her Master of Fine Arts at the National University of Colombia. Her artistic focus centers primarily on photography, with consistent and wide-ranging output.

Beltran has exhibited solo and collectively in Colombia, Spain, USA, Germany, Peru, Venezuela, Singapore, and Dubai. Her work is included in collections in Chile, Colombia, USA, Panama, Spain, Mexico, Peru, London, and Dubai. She debuted at the National University’s Art Museum in a group show curated by Gustavo Zalamea.

Her work was shown alongside major Colombian artists like Beatriz González and Bernardo Salcedo. Graduating with honors, she moved to Spain for a master’s in photography at EFTI School in Madrid. Her thesis work was featured in PhotoEspaña 2008. That same year, she won the Novel Dove First Photography Prize.

In 2010, she returned to Colombia with her exhibition Photo Dimensions at the Chamber of Commerce. In 2013, she took part in Emerging Generation, curated by Eduardo Serrano. Since then, she exhibits regularly, exploring photography’s expansive forms and existential themes. Beltran currently lives and works in Bogotá.

View her Dubai collection of available artworks here

Care

• Avoid direct sunlight to prevent discoloration or warping.
• Dust regularly with a soft microfiber cloth.
• Clean with a microfiber cloth dampened with 70% alcohol only. Do not use water.
• Handle with clean hands or gloves to prevent smudges or scratches.
• Keep away from sharp objects to avoid surface damage.
• Display in a stable, vibration-free area to protect delicate pin structures.

copyright

This mixed media sculpture is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.