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A3 watercolour and pencil drawing[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=\u00bb30px\u00bb][vc_column_text]A historical narrative is only as convincing and credible as its author. Esquivias’ work mixes micro-stories in an apparently random way with big narratives. \u201cCard\u00f3n cardinal\u201d is the story of the giant cactus that was unearthed in the Mexican desert on the occasion of the Expo92 World Exhibition and flown to Seville by plane – which is still standing there today, but is slowly but surely drying up.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=\u00bb30px\u00bb][vc_column_text]For the drawing, which was later to be turned into a tapestry, Patricia Esquivias and Lilli Hartmann conversed over some months. The working process followed those lines:<\/p>\n
Patricia assembled images and told stories in order to lay out a framework, and Lilli sought to distill those visually into a drawing that reflected Patricia\u2019s mind and intention as closely as possible.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1552334743874{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}\u00bb]