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His sculpture entitled The Pause Became<br />
Permanence (2006) is in the permanent<br />
collection at the San Antonio Museum of<br />
Art. The piece’s notes give one an idea of<br />
the layers of meaning that can be found in<br />
Robleto’s work:<br />
“Ink-dyed willow and ash, hair lockets<br />
made of stretched and curled audiotape<br />
recordings of the last known Confederate<br />
and Union Civil War soldiers’ voices,<br />
excavated and melted shrapnel from various<br />
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wars, hair flowers braided by war widows,<br />
homemade paper (pulp made from soldiers’<br />
letters home sent by sea), lace and fabric<br />
from widows’ mourning dresses, colored<br />
paper, silk, ribbon, milk paint, glass, typeset.”<br />
Robleto’s work is transformative,<br />
contemplative and unique. With more than<br />
30 solo exhibitions including local, national<br />
and international galleries, Robleto’s art can<br />
be found in galleries and museums in Paris,<br />
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more.<br />
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