LA VENDEDORA / IN GUAD WE TRUST
This huipil was actually completed many years ago, about 2008 or 9, when I moved from Pozos to San Miguel, and lived on Francisco Bocanegra. She has accompanied me to many of the exhibitions I've had since then. Everyone always loves LA VENDEDORA, but somehow, she's still with me.
Made from a simple market bag, she carries a bandana of la Virgen de Guadalupe in the heartspace. Las Vendedoras, the vendors in the markets, trust in her to bring them good sales. She's the one they give thanks to, especially that first sale of the day. If you shop en los mercados, sabes que las vendadoras ofrecen gracias a ella despues de la primera venta del dia. A menudo, es la Virgin que están agradeciendo.
She was first shown at Arthaus66 in Albuquerque, NM in 2009, in a 2-person show titled ILLUMINE.
Later that same year, she made an appearance in a solo show, MENSAJES GUARDADOS, at Galeria 6, in Mineral de Pozos, Gto. In this photo, she hangs above LA COCINERA, her sister who lives in Nick and Manrey's kitchen. Yes, as you can see, these huipils become personages and take on a life of their own.
In 2012, she reappeared at Happenings Gallery, (recently renamed PhotoGraphics SMA) in San Miguel, another solo show. Here she is shown between LA COVADONGA AND LA LOTERIA.
After that, she stayed at home in my studio for 3 long years, while I was taking a break from my art to work on my women's project, MARIPOSAS SAN MIGUEL.
But now she's ready to travel, and she gets an updated look.
Because she was born not IN the mercado, but OF the mercado, I could not pass up the opportunity to use this bolsa that held red onions, also sold by the vendors there. This falda brings her to life, gives her more of a presence. Plus, I think she'll love being in the same room with LA CAFECITA, created from coffee filters and a hemp bag that once held coffee beans.
They both pay homage to those who grow, create and sell what the rest of us need to buy. And they both will be traveling to Antigua for the next solo exhibition, HUIPILES / HOMENAJES at Casa Santo Domingo, July 5 - August 3.
It's a gorgeous destination hotel, with museum, galleries, shops, restaurants, crypts (yes, it's likely haunted) a chocolate shop, chapels, and the exhibition space I'm showing in has been on my life list for a very long time.
Photos to come, stay tuned!
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| La Vendedora Huipil, Market bag, bandana, trim, 31x32" |
Made from a simple market bag, she carries a bandana of la Virgen de Guadalupe in the heartspace. Las Vendedoras, the vendors in the markets, trust in her to bring them good sales. She's the one they give thanks to, especially that first sale of the day. If you shop en los mercados, sabes que las vendadoras ofrecen gracias a ella despues de la primera venta del dia. A menudo, es la Virgin que están agradeciendo.
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| Huipil Clothesline installation at Arthaus66, Albuquerque, NM, 2009 |
Later that same year, she made an appearance in a solo show, MENSAJES GUARDADOS, at Galeria 6, in Mineral de Pozos, Gto. In this photo, she hangs above LA COCINERA, her sister who lives in Nick and Manrey's kitchen. Yes, as you can see, these huipils become personages and take on a life of their own.
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| In Guad We Trust |
In 2012, she reappeared at Happenings Gallery, (recently renamed PhotoGraphics SMA) in San Miguel, another solo show. Here she is shown between LA COVADONGA AND LA LOTERIA.
After that, she stayed at home in my studio for 3 long years, while I was taking a break from my art to work on my women's project, MARIPOSAS SAN MIGUEL.
But now she's ready to travel, and she gets an updated look.
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| LA VENDEDORA, with her new skirt of a market bag. New dimensions,32x78" |
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| LA CAFECITA, recycled coffee filters, coffee bean bag, 33x75" |
They both pay homage to those who grow, create and sell what the rest of us need to buy. And they both will be traveling to Antigua for the next solo exhibition, HUIPILES / HOMENAJES at Casa Santo Domingo, July 5 - August 3.
It's a gorgeous destination hotel, with museum, galleries, shops, restaurants, crypts (yes, it's likely haunted) a chocolate shop, chapels, and the exhibition space I'm showing in has been on my life list for a very long time.
Photos to come, stay tuned!
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