Marina Salazar (Barcelona) is an artist, designer, and PhD researcher, as well as the founder of the creative studio No Queda Tinte. Her artistic practice focuses on hacking everyday objects and reimagining discarded porcelain figurines, transforming them into pop-activist sculptures infused with irony, social critique, and glitter.
Through her project LOVJECTS, Marina rescues forgotten objects—ornamental knick-knacks (“pongos”), domestic figurines, and religious iconography—and turns them into contemporary icons that merge kitsch aesthetics, humor, and critical thinking. Her work celebrates reuse as both a poetic and political act, offering an affectionate yet subversive perspective on material culture and our collective imagination.
These sculptures transform fragile, passive objects into vibrant, colorful statements filled with eroticism, humor, and meaning. They raise questions about value, memory, and cultural identity, while blending domestic nostalgia with pop empowerment. The result is a body of work that functions as a manifesto for a new artistic sensibility.
Among her best-known creations is La Tetamundi, made for Spanish singer Rigoberta Bandini, a powerful symbol of femininity, diversity, and empowerment.
The self-proclaimed Mother of Pongos and an advocate of « brilli brilli » as a way of life, Marina describes herself as minimalistically baroque—passionate about contrasts, creative challenges, and the magic hidden within everyday life. Each piece is both a declaration of love for forgotten objects and an invitation to transform the world through irony, tenderness, and a fresh perspective.