Mirage (Yellow)
2023
LED light bulb, cherry wood, mirror, one-way mirror and electric energy
65 × 36 × 6 5/7 in.
This work features a seemingly endless abyss within the enclosed frame that transports us into an entirely different world. While the work is a well-executed optical illusion using one-way mirrors, it is also sophisticated in that it reflects Navarro’s complex insight into politics and power. Navarro grew up during Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile. In the evening, long power cuts would bind the movement of the citizens to their homes. Denied electricity, inadvertently depriving the people of news broadcasts. The presence of lights in his works extends a social commentary on the times ridden with Pinochet’s tactics to control the people of his country.
