ARTIST STATEMENT
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- “Hoy he roto tus cartas”
- Descripción
- “Por siempre joven”
- 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”
Production stills: Roni Mocán
Retorno a la pubertad
Return to Puberty
New York, 2005
Single-channel digital video
58 minutes
Color, Silent
Video close-up of my pubis in a static single shot, in which I depilate most of my pubic hair with a pair of tweezers continuously for one hour.
In the name of beauty most women will put on makeup, do their hair, nails, depilate, diet, fix their noses and breasts. Although few women will reach society’s beauty ideals, they will sculpt their bodies as needed. In this video I play along with women’s beauty rituals, performing them in exaggerated ways to reflect the pressures imposed by today’s society. The camera focuses on the part of the body where the action takes place: With repetitive gestures I depilate my pubis continuously for one hour, questioning the pressure to have a pre-pubescent appearance.
RELATED ARTWORKS:
“Para
verte mejor” (“The Better to See You With”)
“Para
besarte mejor” (“The Better to Kiss You With”)
“Para
acariciarte mejor” (“The Better to Caress You With”)
RELATED PRESS:
Tirana Newspaper
Photos Courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“The Body in Women’s Art Now: Part 1: Embodied,”
ROLLO Contemporary Art, London, UK
October 14—November 20, 2009. Extended until January 20, 2010
Curated by Philippa Found
“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
“Para besarte mejor”
“The Better to Kiss You With”
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
“Para verte mejor”
“The Better to See You With”
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio
“Para acariciarte mejor”
“The Better to Caress You With”
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Photo Courtesy of Abelino Bautista—Arte Américas
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Espada de Dos Filos, Latina Voices: California – New York,”
Arte Americas, Fresno, California
December 16, 2008—February 14, 2009
“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
“Para verte mejor”
“The Better to See You With”
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio
“Para besarte mejor”
“The Better to Kiss You With”
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
“Para acariciarte mejor”
“The Better to Caress You With”
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Other, Other...,” A sampling of 2007 and 2008 Urban Artist Initiative Grant (UAI/NYC) recipients visual arts and media, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, New York
June 4—August 7, 2008
Curated by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
“Ái Spik Ínglish”
Rubber stamp prints on paper, Edition of 5
20 x 15 cm | 8” x 6” each
“Valentía y coraje”
“Courage and Bravery”
Red high-heel shoes, cord and tempera
Dimensions variable. Shoes: 24 x 14 x 14 cm | 9.5” x 5.5” x 5.5”
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Beneath The Skin,” A PERFECT 8 Exhibit
Chashama ABC, New York, NY
May 12—June 2, 2008
Curated by Diana Schmertz
“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
Photo Courtesy of Aron Conaway
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“T’What?,” Gallery NuLu, Louisville Photo Biennial 2007, Louisville, Kentucky
June 29-July 30, 2007
Co-curated by Aron Conaway
All four videos were shown in the same monitor:
“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio
“Para verte mejor”
“The Better to See You With”
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio
“Para besarte mejor”
“The Better to Kiss You With”
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
“Para acariciarte mejor”
“The Better to Caress You With”
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Photo Courtesy of III Tirana Biennial
Photo Courtesy of Regina José Galindo
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Sweet Taboos”, Episode 4: Bittersweet, III Tirana Biennial, Albania
October 14-November 10, 2005
Villa Goldi complex
Curated by Joa Ljungberg
“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”
Single-channel video, 58 minutes, no audio