Mariana Castillo Deball

Exhibition overview

Located on the ground floor of the London Mithraeum, Bloomberg SPACE aims to showcase the best in contemporary art whilst bringing fresh perspectives to the history of this unique site.

The Summer 2022 commission was Roman Rubbish by Berlin-based Mexican artist, Mariana Castillo Deball.

Castillo Deball’s composition was inspired by the 14,000 Roman artefacts discovered on the site of Bloomberg’s European headquarters during the 2012 – 2014 archaeological excavations. The installation comprised towering pillars of ceramic sculptures, an elegant textile curtain and a wax feature wall with delicate inscriptions, highlighting the variety of objects left behind by the City of London’s predecessors.

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Mariana Castillo Deball
b. 1975, Mexico City

Deball’s interest in the mathematical laws and geometrical structures present in landscape and throughout the organic universe have contributed to a unique body of work in which elements of science and nature are synthesized into sculptural objects. Her work was part of the Mexico Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. She lives and works in Berlin.

Bloomberg SPACE

A series of contemporary art commissions responding to the site’s rich archaeological history.

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