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”
Detail of scroll with writing of “his”
Detail of scroll with writing of “hers”
Drawing of Man / Drawing of Woman
New York, 2009
Installation. Perfume on rice paper scrolls
Diptych: 22 feet approx. x 15” each
The words “his” (left scroll) and “hers” (right scroll) were written down continuously, along the 22 feet approx. of the scroll, using men and women perfumes. These perfumes were bought on Valentine's Day 2009 from perfume stores around the corner from The Center for Book Arts, and were chosen through an informal survey asking which were their most popular brands.
I want to focus on the power of our senses, especially in smell and its role in everyday life, such as in rituals of personal appearance both for man and woman—how we try to mask our natural scent through the use of perfume. By working with perfume as an element to evoke memories, I am interested in the possibility of playing and challenging our senses by “smelling” a drawing rather than “seeing” it.
An important element is the ephemeral aspect of the piece as the scents with wear off every day towards the end of the exhibit.
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“\'flo\ : art, text, new media,” The Center for Book Arts, New York
April 15—June 27, 2009
Organized by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
“Drawing of Man / Drawing of Woman”
Installation of perfume on wall
“Dibujo de hombre / Dibujo de mujer” (“Drawing of Man / Drawing of Woman”) @ CCE/Guatemala