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helpers to mount Sodbuster/San Isidoro, a spectacular fiberglass sculpture of two huge oxen — one purple, one blue — straining mightily to pull an aged farmer and his plow.

Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell was assembling his room-size piece, La Casa Letrada/House of Letters, a floating box of fabric whose sections depict the letters of the alphabet made up of acrobatic human forms. The models were students in Manhattan, whom the artist hoped would "learn to love letters."

Mr. Martorell took a break to admire the "magnificent" gallery around him. "It's a temptation to do things— I'm always tempted by spaces," he said. "I feel like covering everything up. More is more; none of that less is more bit for me."

"La Luz: Contemporary Latino Art in the United State" Continues through May 27 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, 1701 Fourth St. SW in Albuquerque. Call 505-246-2261.

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