ALIRIO:WHEN THE BODY BECOMES AN ALTAR

by El Dorado Art

BETWEEN ART AND FORM

Alirio is the name of a silletero (silletero)—but he's also the image of a Colombia that flourishes under the weight of the burden. His body embodies the strength of the countryside, the silent devotion of his craft, and the ephemeral beauty that, each year, rises in the form of a silleta (silleta) to parade through the streets of Medellín.

Inspired by her figure, with this collection, La Petite Mort constructs a contemporary portrait of the body that works, that carries, that celebrates. Alirio is not a nostalgic allegory, but rather a study of the balance between strength and fragility, of what it means to clothe the memory of the earth.

The first drop explores the architecture of weight : structured pieces with solid lines and restrained proportions that evoke the silent engineering of the saddle and the ties that hold it together. They are garments that speak of labor, of the effort that organizes and sustains form.

The second drop opens with the time of the sun : the flower that emerges after the rain. Silhouettes soften, rigidity gives way to movement, and the palette brightens with warm nuances that evoke dry earth, harvest, and respite after exertion. It's the phase of blossoming—the moment when the body stops carrying weight and simply blooms.

During the exhibition at El Dorado Edit , Alirio was curated under a museological approach inspired by silletero culture and the natural cycles of flowers: the rainy season and the sunny season . The pieces were arranged with an almost ritualistic sobriety, as if the space had become a field frozen in time: a tribute to life that grows, transforms, and begins again.

With Alirio , La Petite Mort reaffirms its language between the poetic and the material. The collection is both an act of gratitude and a question about heritage: how to dress memory without turning it into a burden?