For BMoCA’s Inside/Out commission, González Barragán created a site-specific installation using cast-off gray Yule marble from the Yule Marble Quarry (Marble, Colorado). Positioned as a metaphor for the act of extraction, Intimacy with a (non) site references female anatomy by evocatively threading a steel pipe through drilled holes, led by a phallic-shaped drill bit used in industrial coal mining. The artist’s intimate manipulation of the materials using hand tools further expresses commentary on the often violent and exploitative industrial methods, commodification, and transnational circulation of natural resources. She positions the inherent qualities of marble’s vein-like lines and raw edges in conversation with spray paint and chainsaw marks—residual evidence of mine activity. 

Opening Reception, October 3, @ 5:30 PM