Many of her colleagues teasingly refer to Mac Valdezco’s February show, In Focus, as a mini-retrospective (See this blog’s

Mac Valdezco, "Plastic Ghost", from cling wrap, wire, and masking tape

February 2010 Archives).   That exhibit inaugurated the art program of the Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences, and curator Albert Avellana did bring out choice pieces from Mac’s body of work.  For the artist, seeing all the pieces she had put together posed a challenge.  How would she achieve the same effect for her next solo outing?  Mac decided that she needed to push herself, pit her pieces against each other, set new ones up against the old, spur herself to outdo previous work in the same media. Continue reading →