"while Valencia’s preparations for her future status as the great artist of her time—flecked by anecdotes of youthful mishaps—is comedic, there’s also something… not totally unimaginable. Valencia’s works, in all their forms, seem to be on their way to creating a modest comédie humaine—a network of stories that together paint a portrait of a time and place."
Read more about Album and Bouquet by Mariana Valencia in The Brooklyn Rail.