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“Leticia R. Bajuyo, Associate Professor of Art at Hanover College, Hanover, IN, uses commercially manufactured materials, such as PVC piping and candy dispensers, for her recent work, forces of nature: tornados and hula hoops (2007) and Entitlement Pills: Wisdom and Joy (2006). Through her manipulation of her chosen materials and their distinctive colors, inherent or artist applied, she surreptitiously critiques American culture while providing visual puns on its obsessions.”
Excerpt from Sculpture Center exhibition and gallery talk announcement, July 2008
“At this show, larger works and bold metaphors seem to have pride of place in the deep, narrow storefront gallery on Euclid. Near the front windows Leticia R. Bajuyo crams more than 150 circles of pink-painted PVC tubing between floorboards and pressed metal ceiling, stacked in an undulating column. Titled "forces of nature: tornados and hula hoops," the sculpture spins between an evocation of a raw, timeless phenomenon and the very thoroughly mediated, but also irresistible, hula-hoop craze. Constructed of hoops that vary slightly in size throughout and get considerably larger at the top, the piece conveys a sense of movement.”
Excerpt from review by Douglas Max Utter, “The Shining: Gregory Amenoff Selects An Odd, Powerful Show At The Sculpture Center.” Free Times, Ohio’s Premier News, Arts, and Entertainment weekly, Volume 15, Issue 60.
