Delcy Morelos transforms LOK into a multi-sensory landscape

Delcy Morelos (b. 1967 in Tierralta, Colombia) transforms the LOK by Kunstmuseum St.Gallen into a place that is not only looked at but experienced with all the senses: a spatially expansive, ephemeral installation made of recycled earth, used wood, and fragrance essence. With few materials and an almost black, monochrome palette, she creates an intense environment in which seeing, smelling, and moving operate as equally significant modes of perception. Morelos’s practice is radically focused on material, space, and presence. Rooted in a worldview shaped by the Andean region—and in dialogue with Minimal Art and Conceptual Art—she has developed a distinctive language that moves between drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation. Natural materials function as carriers of time, process, and transience. At the heart of the exhibition