Dario Robleto. The Diva Surgery, 2000-2001. Various antique laboratory glassware (beakers, rods, test tubes, bottles, funnels, mortars and pestles, pipettes), magnifying glass, lab burner, glass breast pump, glass syringe, antique milk glass, antique powder box, vintage surgical equipment, tracheal extractor, scalpels, tweezers, scissors, glass beads, porcelain mortars and funnels, 45 rpm records, ground, spliced, and melted vinyl records of various Diva vocals, audiotape, dissolved magnetic audio tape, various laboratory chemicals, sulfur, carbon, amino acids, crushed cubic zirconium, homemade crystals (monoammonium phosphate, water, dye), Novocain, sugar, honey, ocean water, oil, hummingbird and butterfly nectar, beeswax, polyester resin, mirrors, lights, wood, Plexiglas, typeset, vinyl lettering, paint. 80 x 60 x 48 in. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Museum Purchase, International and Contemporary Collectors Funds.