Mala hierba nunca muere. Blanca Gracia

In Mala hierba nunca muere (Weeds never die), Blanca Gracia presents a fantastic herbarium made through watercolors and sculptures. Drawing inspiration from 17th-century scientific drawings, the artist subverts their formal rigidity to offer a critical reflection on language and its ability to name, classify, and dominate.
Gracia reclaims terms historically used pejoratively—especially toward bodies and dissident subjects—and repositions them in a symbolic environment, transforming them into seeds of resistance. Through these weeds, she revalues the marginal and the improper, creating a system of organic and resilient support.
Her forms, at times delicate and at others grotesque, not only allude to an imaginary natural universe but also to a territory of struggle where the rejected reappears, strengthens, and claims its place. Because no matter how many times they are uprooted, these weeds always grow back, taller and stronger.