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# A Towering Cosmic Sculpture by Tigre Mashaal-Lively Finds a New Home
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/tigre-mashaal-lively-solacii-cosmic-sculpture-finds-new-home/
- Published: 2021-07-26T18:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:06:29.000Z
- Description: On Friday, July 30, the artist will unveil their work outside form & concept and Zane Bennett Contemporary Art galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Author: form & concept
- Tags: Announcement, Event Announcement, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Sponsored, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1)

On [Friday, July 30](https://bit.ly/3wXNV1Y?ref=hyperallergic.com), New Mexico-based artist Tigre Mashaal-Lively will unveil "The Solacii" at its new home outside form & concept gallery in Santa Fe. [Mashaal-Lively](https://bit.ly/3i3PsiR?ref=hyperallergic.com) (they/them/their), a multidisciplinary artist and founding member of the Earthseed Black Arts Alliance, created the 21-foot-tall outdoor sculpture out of steel, resin, lights, sound, and donated and reclaimed textiles.

["The Solacii"](https://bit.ly/3kZAvQL?ref=hyperallergic.com) debuted at Burning Man in 2017, sheltering festival participants from the intense heat of the Black Rock Desert. Its Santa Fe debut coincides with the closing day of Mashaal-Lively’s first exhibition at form & concept, [*Entangled Futurities*](https://bit.ly/3hTz8kp?ref=hyperallergic.com), which asks the question, "How do we spore the futures in which we want to live?" The two-person show also features ceramic works and speculative fiction by New Mexico artist [Pascal Emmer](https://bit.ly/2UvpOup?ref=hyperallergic.com).

Named after a fictionalized race of empathic beings devised by Mashaal-Lively, *The Solacii* provides solace to all. "With wise, old hands, the Solacii opens its many-layered cloak to reveal a sanctuary for curious visitors. Inside the sanctum, visitors are immersed in the textures and sounds of the Solacii’s ancient, transdimensional body. Both cozy and cathedral-like, the inner sanctuary offers space for solitude and intimate gatherings, as well as a home for meditation, deep conversation, and healing," says Mashaal-Lively.

Alongside contributing artists Anastazia Louise Aranaga and Gala Aranaga, lead artist Mashaal-Lively constructed the robes of "The Solacii" from personal garments and heirlooms gathered from their communities. According to Mashaal-Lively, "It symbolizes collective memories, stories, and experiences of humanity."

**For more information, visit** [**formandconcept.center/the-solacii**](https://bit.ly/3kZAvQL?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.**

*As of July 30, 2021,* ["The Solacii"](https://bit.ly/3kZAvQL?ref=hyperallergic.com) *can be found at its new home outside form & concept (435 South Guadalupe Street in Santa Fe, New Mexico).*