ARTIST STATEMENT
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- “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: Andrea Aragón
Recuerdo de nuestra boda
Memories of Our Wedding
Guatemala, 2008
Installation of twenty wedding gowns borrowed from women in Guatemala of
different ages and backgrounds, no matter their current marital status
Dimensions variable
This installation was an invitation by the Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala to accompany the traveling exhibition “Suite Sweet Love” by the Spanish collective k.b.zonas.
The wedding gowns were collected through an open call to friends and contacts in Guatemala. Each wedding gown included a label with the initial of the name of the women, the number of years in marriage, and her current status (married, separated, divorced, widow).
This exhibition explores concepts of nostalgia and the passage of time that these dresses represent. Specially to associate these dresses as witnesses of not only the happiness but also the difficulties that are lived in a marriage, the possibility that it may not be “forever”, and the emotional and sentimental burden it may represent.
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,” Casa Ibargüen,
XI Festival del Centro Histórico, Guatemala City, Guatemala
August 7—24, 2008
“Recuerdo de nuestra boda”
“Memories of Our Wedding”
Installation of twenty wedding gowns, dimensions variable
Commissioned by: Centro Cultural de España/GuatemalaInstallation: David Urbina
Structure, vinyl lettering and acrilic stands for dresses: Luis Fernando de la Cerda / Rótulos Arte Total
Lettering in Icing: Gabriela Torre de Leal
Essay: Rosina Cazali
Photography: Andrea Aragón
SPECIAL THANKS to the women who made this exhibition possible by lending their wedding gowns:
Angelica, Alejandra, Cariño, Paulina, Patricia, Gabriela, Sandra y Cristina, Carmen Lucía, Diana, Lourdes, Gaby, Paola, Leonora, Celeste, Lourdes, Ursula, Lucía, MeyLynn, and Karina.
Photos Courtesy of Matxalen Díez Vivanco—CCE/G
Photo Courtesy of Casa No’j
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,” Traveling to Casa No’j,
Xela, Guatemala
September 6—30, 2008
“Recuerdo de nuestra boda”
“Memories of Our Wedding”
Installation of twenty wedding gowns, dimensions variable
Commissioned by: Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala
Photos of Andrea Aragón, Wedding of Manuel and Ana Lilian
Photos Courtesy of espacio ce!
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
“Recuerdo de nuestra boda,” Traveling to espacio ce!, Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en La Antigua, La Antigua, Guatemala
November 15—30, 2008
Installation of twenty wedding gowns, dimensions variable
Commissioned by: Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala