{"id":17308,"date":"2018-11-11T13:54:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T17:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artefits.org\/ephemeralart\/?post_type=project&#038;p=17308"},"modified":"2021-02-01T11:37:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:37:40","slug":"carlos-mercado-3","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/artefits.org\/ephemeralart\/project\/carlos-mercado-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Mercado"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_m8j52sipvt\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_lvzcf8m9iw\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Circle of Joy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span id=\"m_3331916157190698106gmail-docs-internal-guid-c0d745e9-7fff-d4bf-0b9d-2dca02778ebb\">This large-scale work by Puerto Rican artist Carlos Mercado consists of 18 large acrylic mirrors in the shape of &#8216;megaliths&#8217; with a gigantic\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"m_3331916157190698106gmail-docs-internal-guid-c0d745e9-7fff-d4bf-0b9d-2dca02778ebb\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Yves Klein blue\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span id=\"m_3331916157190698106gmail-docs-internal-guid-c0d745e9-7fff-d4bf-0b9d-2dca02778ebb\">stone in the center. 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