ARTIST STATEMENT
CONTACT | LINKS
- “Bittersweet”
- Descripción
- “Por siempre joven”
- Descripción
- “Hoy he roto tus cartas”
- Descripción
- “Drawing of Man/Drawing of Woman”
- Descripción
- “Historias íntimas”
- Descripción
- “Recuerdo de nuestra boda”
- Descripción
- “120 Minutos de silencio”
- Descripción
- “Días especiales”
- Descripción
- “Preoccupation (Gray Hair)”
- Descripción
- “Dibujo de hombre/Dibujo de mujer”
- Descripción
- “Untitled (Rinse)”
- Descripción
- “In Memoriam”
- Descripción
- Serie “A flor de piel”
- Descripción
- Serie “Flores silvestres”
- “Wildflowers” Series
- “Abuela, madre, hija”
- “Grandmother, Mother, Daughter”
- “Retorno a la pubertad”
- “Return to Puberty”
- “Para verte mejor”
- “The Better to See You With”
- “Ái Spik Ínglish”
- Descripción
- “Para que nos recuerdes mejor”
- “To Remember Us Better”
- “Valentía y coraje”
- “Courage and Bravery”
- “Para besarte mejor”
- “The Better to Kiss You With”
- “Para acariciarte mejor”
- “The Better to Caress You With”
- “Bésame mucho”
- “Kiss Me Plenty”
- “Reddest Red”
- “Escudos”
- “Shields”
- Serie “Instalación en museos de arte”
- “Installation at Art Museums” Series
- “Encierro rosa”
- “Romance Imprisonment”
- “Título de propiedad”
- “Ownership Title”
- “La sombra”
- “The Shadow”
Photos of installation views by Diana de Solares
Photo Close-up with Shoes Courtesy of VII Bienal Internacional de Pintura de Cuenca
Reddest Red
New York, 2001
Installation of 100 tissue papers, red lipstick and red high-heel shoes
116 x 334 cm | 45.5” x 131.5”
I was part of the Guatemalan representation for the “VII Bienal Internacional
de Pintura de Cuenca” in Ecuador in 2001.
Using the lipstick as a “painting” medium, I made this installation
evoking the red carpet used in religious marriages, representing the
fairy-tale fantasy some Latin women expect to happen when getting married.
While doing these imprints of my lips on each tissue, September 11th occurred.
We were already living in NYC.
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Globalización, Nomadismo, Identidades,” VII Bienal
Internacional de Pintura Cuenca, Ecuador
November 2001-January 2002
Curator from Guatemala: Diana de Solares
“Reddest Red”
Installation of 100 tissue papers, red lipstick and red high-heel shoes
116 x 334 cm | 45.5” x 131.5”
“Bésame
mucho”
“Para
besarte mejor” (“The Better to Kiss You With”)