Convertida en Flor | Carolina Muñoz

Converted into Flower proposes the construction of a self-sustaining, constantly expanding universe, where creative improvisation emerges from the subconscious and from fragmented childhood memories, linked to confused sensations that resurface intermittently. The exhibition is articulated around the desire not to lose the capacity for wonder in relation to the world, even as the narrative becomes absurd and deliberately avoids linear interpretation. Familiar and recognizable traits appear within the scenes, yet rather than stabilizing meaning, they open a field of ambiguity.

 

The works address processes of transformation and the close, strange, and subtly ill-intentioned bond between human and vegetal life. Internal sensations are externalized to the point of deforming and mutating the figures, which appear in states of extreme vulnerability. The illusion of movement is constructed through the repetition of body parts—rigid and insistent—as if resisting a natural or spontaneous displacement.

 

Converted into Flower operates as a metaphor for transformation, sensuality, and femininity, carrying a constant dual charge of innocence and malice. The faces—chubby, with swollen noses and oversized heads—display exaggerated expressions that verge on madness. Exposed breasts, altered proportions, and repetitive patterns configure a notion of homogenization, where the figure ceases to function as a portrait and instead becomes a type: a generic characterization of a strange and alien human species.

Gestures, always surprised and alert, reflect a primal, almost unconscious sense of wonder. The peculiar physiologies of these characters construct a satire of humanity: the mockery is not articulated but embodied in the figures themselves, returning to us a distorted image of our own condition.

 

The series is influenced by animated cartoons produced between the 1930s and 1970s, from which it draws a sinister, absurd intentionality and a specific exploration of color and form. These references converge with sources from art history and outsider practices, where the grotesque, the allegorical, and the visceral coexist, giving rise to dense scenes of technical precision and heightened tension.

 

The works seek to generate a sense of mystery—something unknown and disconnected that points toward what remains permanently unknowable. Situated at the threshold between the familiar and the unsettling, the exhibition invites viewers to confront what remains incomprehensible within the human experience: madness, the dream world, fear, spirituality. In this sense, Converted into Flower can be read as a reflection on the incomprehensibility of being.