{"id":2017610,"date":"2026-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017610"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:00:00","slug":"elaborate-kene-patterns-by-sara-flores-continue-an-ancient-indigenous-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017610","title":{"rendered":"Elaborate Ken\u00e9 Patterns by Sara Flores Continue an Ancient Indigenous Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-5.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled (Panshin Pei Maya Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 89 1\/2 x 59 1\/2 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska. All images courtesy of White Cube, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Elaborate Ken\u00e9 Patterns by Sara Flores Continue an Ancient Indigenous Tradition<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-29T13:00:00-05:00\">June 29, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F06%2Fsara-flores-akinananti-patterns-paintings-exhibitions-peru%2F&amp;title=Elaborate%20Ken%C3%A9%20Patterns%20by%20Sara%20Flores%20Continue%20an%20Ancient%20Indigenous%20Tradition\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"475425\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the Peruvian Amazon, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shipibo-Conibo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shipibo-Konibo people<\/a> (sometimes also spelled Shipibo-Conibo) have made their home around the verdant Ucayali River basin for millennia. Their visual culture is richly informed by their belief systems and the environment in which they live, where foraged clay, wild cotton, and plants used to make pigments have sustained a steadfast artistic tradition known as <em>Ken\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition <em>Akinananti <\/em>at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitecube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White Cube<\/a> illuminates the work of artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitecube.com\/artists\/sara-flores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sara Flores<\/a>, whose meticulous patterns rendered with organic, handmade inks continue an ancient Indigenous tradition. The gallery says, \u201cIn the Shipibo language, \u2018Akinananti\u2019 describes work done together with love and joy\u2014a practice and lifeway rooted in reciprocity, interconnectedness, and mutual aid, where individual well-being is inseparable from collective and environmental balance for the flourishing of life and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-6.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"\u201cUntitled (Pei Maya Ken\u00e9, 2025)\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 54 1\/4 x 84 5\/8 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled (Pei Maya Ken\u00e9, 2025)\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 54 1\/4 x 84 5\/8 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled (Pei Maya Ken\u00e9, 2025)\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 54 1\/4 x 84 5\/8 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-6.jpeg\" alt=\"a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475431\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled (Pei Maya Ken\u00e9, 2025)\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 54 1\/4 x 84 5\/8 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flores was born in the small Indigenous community of Tambomayo in 1950, where at the age of 14 she began to learn the tradition of <em>Ken\u00e9 <\/em>from her mother. At that time, the craft was treated with more functionality, as textiles were typically designed for use in garments.<\/p>\n<p>Entwined with the aesthetic and technical aspects of the works, which incorporate handmade dyes and intricate geometric patterns, Flores\u2019 mother instilled \u201cthe practice known to the Shipibo as<em>\u00a0joni-ati\u00a0<\/em>or \u2018person making,&#8217;\u201d the gallery says. \u201cDuring this formative period, she recalls taking walks with her mother, who would gather <em>ipobeken\u00e9 <\/em>leaves and delicately press them onto her eyelids so that she \u2018could better receive the designs.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over time, Flores began to create standalone works, which now sometimes span several feet and are stretched in the manner of paintings. \u201cShe was 75 before she was given an exhibition at MALI, the Museo de Arte de Lima,\u201d writes Charles\u00a0Darwent\u00a0in an essay accompanying <em>Akinananti<\/em>. \u201cThe snub wasn\u2019t personal. \u2018Folk art is not coming to this museum, ever,\u2019 a curator had fumed twenty years before. Her show, <em>Non Nete<\/em>, was the first ever of the work of an Indigenous artist in the museum\u2019s seven-decade history.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-12.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_title=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_caption=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-12.jpg\" alt=\"artist Sara Flores&apos; hand as she applies ink to a cotton canvas surface\" class=\"wp-image-475437\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The artist now collaborates on the pieces with her daughters, who have inherited the technical skills and philosophy of <em>Ken\u00e9<\/em>. Together, they process materials sourced from the Amazon including bark, leaves, and wild berries. Evoking meditativeness in both the design and painstaking application of the media, the art form extends well beyond the physical object to encompass Shipibo-Konibo cosmology and ways of life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Akinananti <\/em>continues through August 14 in New York City. It coincides with Flores\u2019 exhibition <em>De otros mundos<\/em> <em>(From Other Worlds) <\/em>in the Peru Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale, which continues through November 22 and also marks the first time an Indigenous artist has represented the nation during that event.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-9.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"\u201cUntitled (Shao Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 94 3\/4 x 85 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled (Shao Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 94 3\/4 x 85 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled (Shao Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 94 3\/4 x 85 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-9.jpeg\" alt=\"a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475434\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled (Shao Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 94 3\/4 x 85 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-7.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"\u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 41 1\/2 x 42 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 41 1\/2 x 42 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 41 1\/2 x 42 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-7.jpeg\" alt=\"a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475432\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d (2026), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 41 1\/2 x 42 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Frankie Tyska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-8.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1325\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-8.jpeg\" alt=\"a detail of a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475433\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cUntitled (Punt\u00e9 Ken\u00e9, 2026)\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-4.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"\u201cUntitled (Kanoa Ken\u00e9 2, 2019)\u201d (2019), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 57 1\/2 x 55 1\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 On White Wall, courtesy of White Cube\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled (Kanoa Ken\u00e9 2, 2019)\u201d (2019), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 57 1\/2 x 55 1\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 On White Wall, courtesy of White Cube\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled (Kanoa Ken\u00e9 2, 2019)\u201d (2019), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 57 1\/2 x 55 1\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 On White Wall, courtesy of White Cube\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-4.jpeg\" alt=\"a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475429\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled (Kanoa Ken\u00e9 2, 2019)\u201d (2019), vegetal dyes on wild cotton canvas, 57 1\/2 x 55 1\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 On White Wall, courtesy of White Cube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-10.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"\u201cNon Nete (A Flag for the Shipibo Nation)\u201d (2025), single-channel video, 3:33 minutes, color, sound, on a loop, Produced for The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cNon Nete (A Flag for the Shipibo Nation)\u201d (2025), single-channel video, 3:33 minutes, color, sound, on a loop, Produced for The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cNon Nete (A Flag for the Shipibo Nation)\u201d (2025), single-channel video, 3:33 minutes, color, sound, on a loop, Produced for The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-10.jpeg\" alt=\"a still from a short video featuring a patterned flag flying in the wind by artist Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475435\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cNon Nete (A Flag for the Shipibo Nation)\u201d (2025), single-channel video, 3:33 minutes, color, sound, on a loop, Produced for The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-14.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_title=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_caption=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-14.jpg\" alt=\"a selection of natural pigments in a couple of plastic containers, plus utensils and roots\" class=\"wp-image-475440\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-13.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_title=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\" data-rl_caption=\"Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-13.jpg\" alt=\"artist Sara Flores works on a patterned artwork on a table\" class=\"wp-image-475439\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo \u00a9 Musuk Nolte, courtesy of The Shipibo-Conibo Center, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-2.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"\u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 98 1\/2 x 185 1\/2 x 1 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Theo Christelis\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 98 1\/2 x 185 1\/2 x 1 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Theo Christelis\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 98 1\/2 x 185 1\/2 x 1 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Theo Christelis\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-2.jpeg\" alt=\"a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475427\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d (2025), vegetal dyes and pigments on wild cotton canvas, 98 1\/2 x 185 1\/2 x 1 3\/4 inches. \u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Theo Christelis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-3.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1061\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-3.jpeg\" alt=\"a detail of a geometrically patterned ink composition by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475428\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cUntitled (A Window onto Endlessness) 2\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-1.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-475425\" title=\"Installation view of \u2018From Other Worlds,\u2019 Peru Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale, May 9 to November 22, 2026.\u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Eva Herzog\" data-rl_title=\"Installation view of \u2018From Other Worlds,\u2019 Peru Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale, May 9 to November 22, 2026.\u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Eva Herzog\" data-rl_caption=\"Installation view of \u2018From Other Worlds,\u2019 Peru Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale, May 9 to November 22, 2026.\u00a9 Sara Flores. Photo \u00a9 White Cube\/Eva Herzog\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flores-1.jpeg\" alt=\"an installation view of two geometrically patterned ink compositions by Sara Flores\" class=\"wp-image-475426\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Installation view of \u2018From Other Worlds,\u2019 Peru Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale, May 9 to November 22, 2026.<br \/>\u00a9 Sara Flores. 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