Let’s Pray is a site-specific installation inspired by the forms and conceptual gestures of the toolshed, which olivas sees as a spiritual space of creation and community-building. The installation features a new body of works in ceramic, print, neon, and sound. Crafting its framework within the abolitionist philosophy and practices of Crenshaw Dairy Mart, a South Central and Inglewood art hub co-founded by olivas, the artist enacts a meditation on the power of collective care, craft, and healing through collaboration.

Hammer Projects: noé olivas is organized by Vanessa Arizmendi, curatorial assistant.

A prayer for change
father’s tool, truck camper shell, landlord’s construction rubble, and concrete.
10 x 10 x 7 feet
2022

Stacked tires and 5-gallon bucket
terracotta, soil, mother in laws tongue, concrete, snail shell, asphalt
dimensions variable
2021

Stacked tires
terracotta, soil, mother in laws tongue, concrete, snail shell.
dimensions variable
2021

Stacked tires and 5-gallon bucket
terracotta, soil, mother in laws tongue, concrete, snail shell, asphalt.dimensions variable
2021

Morning movements
terracotta, soil, speaker, concrete, asphalt
dimensions variable
2021

A note on “interbeing”,
Edition of 50
1 color polymer plate with glitter (HPM)
9.25 x 6.63 inches
2021

Que sueñes con los angelitos
Edition of 3
neon
5 ft. x 5 ft. x 5 in.
2022

2022: let's pray