2017
Cultura
The images comprising Cultura are culled from objects representative of El Salvador. Penders showcases material culture specific to a Central American identity, yet which appears in many Latin American countries. The Salvadoran identity of the objects becomes apparent only when the subtleties of their articulation are made clearer: the names and uses specific to Salvador. The objects are linked to their homeland not by their visual appearance but by the language surrounding their usage. Cultura presents lens based work in which the lens is pressed against its subject. The geographical distance between the artist and Salvador, inverted in the extreme proximity of the image, as the subject and object balance on a pane of glass.
