‘Like magical realism’: María Berrío on her surreal collages

The Brooklyn-based artist treats Japanese print paper like paint to explore her Colombian childhood with New York eyesTo look at a María Berrío work is to engage in a staring contest. The Colombian-born, Brooklyn-based artist, known for her surreal large-scale collages made with Japanese print paper, typically has at least one of her figures, almost always a woman, looking straight at the viewer. In Oda a la Esperanza (Ode to Hope), a 2019 work inspired by the Trump administration&