Review of Pastillage
Yvette Mayorga, Pastillage, Roman Susan, 2018 (installation view)
Newcity - November 2018
Mayorga’s frosting made stark the difference between the perception of American prosperity and the reality of violent policing of immigrants at the border. “Pastillage” continues to explore the American Dream as her works dramatize excess and question access. Gendered colors, labor and signifiers of luxury are pushed to their most luscious and vivid extreme as a way to undermine the oppressive structures that created them. The show also continues her consideration of the formation of Mexican-American identities, but new works complicate past ideas on self-creation and agency.