#marginality
The Museo de Arte Contempráneo de Puerto Rico presents part two of the exhibition: : (Anarquía y dialéctica en el deseo: géneros y marginalidad en Puerto Rico, Part 2) on view now through February 28, 2021.
This exhibition transcends the approach of exhibiting “art made by women” to give way to the study and recognition of the material, historical, political and subjective reality of the body as a self-conscious space; one that recognizes ‘Desire’ as the impulse and catalyst for artistic production, and 'Art’ as an exercise of resistance and re-existence.
Being an artist in a country rife with colonial history as Puerto Rico implies inhabiting a space of political, social or economic marginality. Moreover, being a woman, or inhabiting a feminized or racialized body, AND being an artist on the island thus involves intersections that widen the layers of marginality, which requires further contextualization.
Join MAC for a virtual conversation led by Raquel Torres Arzola (artist, educational coordinator, and guest curator) on Wednesday, 12/16, at 6PM EST.
To register, visit the link in our bio!
Candida Alvarez
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2009
Acrylic on cloth
68.5 x 18.5 inches
Collection of the artist
@museomacpr @candida_alvarez_studio @kimonorose2 @torresarzola
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The Museo de Arte Contempráneo de Puerto Rico presents part two of the exhibition: : (Anarquía y dialéctica en el deseo: géneros y marginalidad en Puerto Rico, Part 2) on view now through February 28, 2021.
This exhibition transcends the approach of exhibiting “art made by women” to give way to the study and recognition of the material, historical, political and subjective reality of the body as a self-conscious space; one that recognizes ‘Desire’ as the impulse and catalyst for artistic production, and 'Art’ as an exercise of resistance and re-existence.
Being an artist in a country rife with colonial history as Puerto Rico implies inhabiting a space of political, social or economic marginality. Moreover, being a woman, or inhabiting a feminized or racialized body, AND being an artist on the island thus involves intersections that widen the layers of marginality, which requires further contextualization.
Join MAC for a virtual conversation led by Raquel Torres Arzola (artist, educational coordinator, and guest curator) on Wednesday, 12/16, at 6PM EST.
To register, visit the link in our bio!
Candida Alvarez
, ( )
2009
Acrylic on cloth
68.5 x 18.5 inches
Collection of the artist
@museomacpr @candida_alvarez_studio @kimonorose2 @torresarzola
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#candidaalvarez #darkfair #lavacaramel #mac #museomac #macpr #MuseodeArteContempráneo #puertorico #puertoricanart #puertoricanartists #womenartists #femaleartists #latinartists #latinart #latinamericanart #latinx #latinxart #latinxartists #genders #marginality #desire #museomacpr #raqueltorresarzola #candidaalvarezstudio #virtualtour #museumtour #curatorialdialogue #colonialism #contemporary_art #puertoricancontemporaryart (at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico)
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Almost every day of my childhood consisted of me begging and pleading with my parents to “let me see” the computer, crawling under my dad’s feet and waiting as he banged off email after email. Other times, I was being led to the old computer at the back off the office I could use during those common days when I went to work with my mom, only to find out it had some missing plug-in I needed. Spending my days at my moms feet were my earliest memories; my body contorted and my feet brushing the glowing power strip, I learned how to feel at home in tight spaces–at the margins.
In my coming of age, identity always meant something a little different to me though. When I was little, I traversed Kiko Lake and the Haunted Woods in Neopets, playing games all day just trying to get enough coins to buy my Kacheek a neat hat. Next, it was an obsession with dress up games on RoiworldorTycoon, maybe even the Teen Titans fighting games. Then, it was pairings and analysis on hundreds of episodes of British science fiction. And now, I find myself on group chats filled with kids from camp, and kids from school, kids who find a place of affirmation on their laptops.
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Ashaonmarginality and (safe) space irl and online.
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