Photos of installation views: Diana de Solares
Photo close-up with shoes: VII Bienal Internacional de Pintura de Cuenca
“Reddest Red”
2001
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
which evokes 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, 2001
November 2001-January 2002
Curator from Guatemala: Diana de Solares
Related artworks:
“Bésame
mucho”