While Rubita’s work is deeply personal—often referencing family photographs and her grandmother’s emigration from rural Spain to South America—it transcends autobiography to address collective trauma. Her installations frequently include found objects: a child’s singed shoe, a broken pocket watch, fragments of letters. These are not presented as relics but as co-authors of the visual field. In her 2022 installation Costuras del Exilio (Seams of Exile), visitors walked through a maze of hanging translucent fabrics embroidered with dates and coordinates. Projected shadows of hands sewing moved across the cloth. The work addressed migration, loss, and the quiet labor of starting over. Rubita’s genius lies in making these large historical forces feel intimate, as if each stitch were a whispered testimony.
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One of the distinctive aspects of Rubini's work is her ability to balance figuration and abstraction. Her paintings often begin with representational elements, which she then distorts, exaggerates, or abstracts to convey a particular mood or emotion. This approach creates a sense of tension and dynamic energy in her works. In her 2022 installation Costuras del Exilio (Seams