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”
Details of reproductions of letters.
From top to bottom: Paternal Grandmother, Maternal Grandmother (1st page of 3), Mother (1st page of 5).
Cartas—De la serie “Historias íntimas”
Letters—From “Intimate Stories” Series
New York, 2008
Inkjet prints
19” x 13” each
Reproductions of letters from both my grandmothers and my mother telling about their first menstruation. 9 pieces total.
While doing some research on menstruation some years ago, I asked my maternal grandmother about the first time she got her period. I suggested that she write me a letter with her experience. That gave me the idea to also ask my mother and my paternal grandmother to write me their experiences.
I especifically asked them to share with me what they knew about menstruation at that time, how old they were, how did they find out about it, if there was anything that was prohibited or any other curious thing that they remembered from those days…
This is part of a current project I’m working now with the support of the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) Grant, and will be ready at the end of 2009.
“Días especiales” (“Special Days”)
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“NoMAA Visual Arts Grantees Exhibition,”
The Cornerstone Center, 178 Bennett Avenue (at 189th St.), New York, NY
June 5—August 13, 2009
Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
Cartas—De la serie “Historias íntimas”
Letters—From “Intimate Stories” Series
Inkjet prints of reproductions of letters from both my grandmothers and my mother telling about their first menstruation. 9 pieces total.
Dimensions variable.
An English translation accompanies the work.
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Días especiales” (“Special Days”),
BBBP—Bronx Blue Bedroom Project, Bronx, NY
December 6—29, 2008
Cartas—De la serie “Historias íntimas”
Letters—From “Intimate Stories” Series
Inkjet prints of reproductions of letters from both my grandmothers and my mother telling about their first menstruation. 9 pieces total.
Dimensions variable.
An English translation was available.