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Mantón de plumas

“Mantón de plumas”
Descripción

Featherworks

“Featherworks”
Descripción

Ribbons Weaving

“Ribbons Weaving”
Descripción

Forever Young embroidery

“Forever Young”
Descripción

Pin Loom Series

“Pin Loom Series”
Descripción

“Por siempre joven”
Descripción

“Hair Weaving”
Descripción

“Hair Weaving”
Descripción

Feminicidio en Guatemala

“Feminicidio en Guatemala”
Descripción

Wave Hill's Books of Leaves Lace

“Wave Hill's Books of Leaves Lace”
Descripción

Wave Hill's Books of Leaves

“Wave Hill's Books of Leaves”
Descripción

Pressure Prints

“Pressure Prints”
Descripción

ARTchivo

“ARTchivo”
Descripción

“Deshilando el miedo”
Descripción

Historias íntimas

“Historias íntimas”
Descripción

Archipelago

“Souvenirs from Governors Island”
Descripción

Souvenirs from Governors Island

“Souvenirs from Governors Island”
Descripción

Bittersweet

“Bittersweet”
Descripción

Hoy he roto tus cartas

“Hoy he roto tus cartas”
Descripción

Drawing of Man/Drawing of Woman

“Drawing of Man/Drawing of Woman”
Descripción

Historias íntimas

“Historias íntimas”
Descripción

Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)

“Recuerdo de nuestra boda”
Descripción

120 Minutos de silencio (120 Minutes of Silence)

“120 Minutos de silencio”
Descripción

Días especiales (Special Days)

“Días especiales”
Descripción

Preoccupation (Gray Hair)

“Preoccupation (Gray Hair)”
Descripción

Dibujo de hombre/Dibujo de mujer

“Dibujo de hombre/Dibujo de mujer”
Descripción

Untitled (Rinse)

“Untitled (Rinse)”
Descripción

In Memoriam

“In Memoriam”
Descripción

A flor de piel

Serie “A flor de piel”
Descripción

Flores silvestres

Serie “Flores silvestres”
“Wildflowers” Series

Abuela, madre, hija

“Abuela, madre, hija”
“Grandmother, Mother, Daughter”

Retorno a la pubertad

“Retorno a la pubertad”
“Return to Puberty”

Para verte mejor

“Para verte mejor”
“The Better to See You With”

Ái Spik Ínglish

“Ái Spik Ínglish”
Descripción

Para que nos recuerdes mejor

“Para que nos recuerdes mejor”
“To Remember Us Better”

Valentía y coraje

“Valentía y coraje”
“Courage and Bravery”

Para besarte mejor

“Para besarte mejor”
“The Better to Kiss You With”

Para acariciarte mejor

“Para acariciarte mejor”
“The Better to Caress You With”

Bésame mucho

“Bésame mucho”
“Kiss Me Plenty”

Reddest Red

“Reddest Red”

Escudos

“Escudos”
“Shields”

Installation at Art Museums

Serie “Instalación en museos de arte”
“Installation at Art Museums” Series

Encierro rosa

“Encierro rosa”
“Romance Imprisonment”

Título de propiedad

“Título de propiedad”
“Ownership Title”

La sombra

“La sombra”
“The Shadow”

Para acariciarte mejor
Production stills: Roni Mocán

Para acariciarte mejor
The Better to Caress You With

New York, 2003

Video:
Single-channel digital video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds
Color, Silent

Photos:
Digital C-Prints
16” x 20” each

Video close-up of my hands in a static single shot, in which I apply red nail polish continuously until the bottle it’s finished.

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 apply nail polish continuously for two hours, questioning our attraction to makeup and its power of seduction.

Its title was inspired by the Red Riding Hood tale.

RELATED ARTWORKS:

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)

Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)

RELATED PRESS:

Goldman, Paula. Imagining Ourselves: Global Voices from a New Generation of Woman. San Francisco: New World Library.

West, Cassandra. “A generation arrives.” Chicago Tribune/Woman News, 2006

INSTALLATION VIEWS:

2019 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2005 | 2003

Para acariciarte mejor

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Transgresiones: Mujeres que cuestionan,
Fundación ArtNexus (Online)
September 2–November 15, 2020
Curators: Celia Sredni de Birbragher and Natalia Espinel

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, 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

Bittersweet
Set of 2 porcelain teacups and saucers broken and glued back together
Dimensions variable

Valentía y coraje (Courage and Bravery)
Red high-heel shoes, cord and tempera
Dimensions variable (Shoes: 9.5” x 5.5” x 5.5” | 24 x 14 x 14 cms)

Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable

Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Plenty)
White men’s handkerchief and red lipstick
14.5” x 14.5” each | 37 x 37 cms

Portadores de sentido

Courtesy of the CPPC, Museo Amparo and Carlos Varillas

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Portadores de sentido—Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros,
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
February 9–July 22, 2019
Curated by Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, 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

CATALOG:

Portadores de sentido Catalog

Fairy Tales

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Wolves, Magic Mirrors & Spinning Wheels: The Anatomy of Fairy Tales,
The Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art, Scranton, PA
July 15–Dec 31, 2016
Curated by Nezka Pfeifer

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

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Abject Subjects

Courtesy of Hannah Cattarin

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Abject Subjects,
Art Exchange Gallery, University of Essex, UK
May 21–June 20, 2015
Curated by MA Critical Curating students Yusra Ali, Catalina Bunge, Hannah Cattarin and Jana Hess

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

Flow

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Flow: Economies of the Look and Creativity in the Contemporary Art of the Caribbean,
IDB Cultural Center, Washington, DC.
June 6–August 29, 2014
Curated by Elvis Fuentes with Meyken Barreto

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, 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

Selling Sex

Courtesy of SHOWstudio Gallery

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Selling Sex,
SHOWstudio Gallery, London, UK
March 22–June 1, 2012

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

Privacy Please

Courtesy of A.I.R. Gallery and Jeanette May

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Privacy Please!,
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
November 2–November 26, 2011
Curated by Erin Riley-Lopez and Annette Rusin

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Historias íntimas

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Disillusions: Gendered Visions of the Caribbean and its Diasporas,
Middlesex County College, Studio Theatre Gallery, Edison, NJ
September 27–November 8, 2011
Curated by Tatiana Flores

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, 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

Serie “A flor de piel”
Collages on paper using images from women’s magazines
Left: 14” x 11”; Right: 5.5” x 14” each

Serie “Flores silvestres” (“Wildflowers” Series)
Collages on vintage botanical prints using images from women’s magazines
Dimensions variable (approx. 8.5” x 5.5” each)

Basic Instinct

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Basic Instinct,
Black and White Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
December 17, 2010–January 23, 2011
Curated by Sasha Okshteyn

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

Pinta NY

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Pinta NY, Latin American Art Fair,
Booth from ROLLO Contemporary Art
Pier 92, New York, NY
November 12–14, 2010

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

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #38
Artist's gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

Courtesy of City of Women

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back,
16th International Festival of Contemporary Arts,
City of Women, Ljubljana, Slovenia
October 8–17, 2010
Curated by Mara Vujic and Predrag Pajdic

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

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Courtesy of Pinta London and Pablo Corradi

Pinta London
Courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Pinta London, Latin American Art Fair,
Booth from ROLLO Contemporary Art
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
June 3–6, 2010

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

Caperucita ha crecido

Courtesy of Galería Antonia Puyó

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Caperucita ha crecido,
Galería Antonia Puyó, Zaragoza, Spain
March 18–April 10, 2010
Curated by Fanny Guerineau

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

Para besarte mejor

Courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

The Body in Women’s Art Now: Part 1: Embodied,
New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge, UK
January 31–February 28, 2010
Curated by Philippa Found

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

Para acariciarte mejor

Courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art

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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

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

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor
Para verte mejor

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

¡Aquí! (Here), An Uptown Latino Art Exhibition,
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Gallery, New York, NY
September 25–December 30, 2009

All three videos were shown in the same monitor:

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, 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

Courtesy of Emiliano Valdés—CCE/G

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Pintura: El proyecto incompleto,
espacio ce!, Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, La Antigua, Guatemala
April 30–June 6, 2009
Curated by Rosina Cazali and Emiliano Valdés

All three videos were shown in the same monitor:

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, 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 verte mejor
Courtesy of Abelino Bautista—Arte Américas

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Espada de Dos Filos, Latina Voices: California–New York,
Arte Americas, Fresno, CA
December 16, 2008–February 14, 2009

All four videos were shown in the same monitor:

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

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Monkdogz

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Resonance New York,
Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, New York, NY
January 17–February 23, 2008
Curated by Diana Schmertz

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Digital C-Prints
16” x 20” each

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Digital C-Prints
16” x 20” each

Feminine Mystique

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

The Feminine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond,
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
September 20, 2007–February 24, 2008
Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

All three videos were shown in the same monitor:

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

SFiles007
Courtesy of El Museo del Barrio

SFiles007

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

El Museo’s 5th Bienal: The Selected Files 007,
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
July 25, 2007–January 6, 2008
Co-curated by Elvis Fuentes and Carmen E. Ramos

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

T’What?
Courtesy of Aron Conaway

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

T’What?, Louisville Photo Biennial 2007,
Gallery NuLu, Louisville, KY
June 29–July 30, 2007
Co-curated by Aron Conaway

All four videos were shown in the same monitor:

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

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Courtesy of III Tirana Biennial

III Tirana Biennial
Courtesy of Regina José Galindo

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Sweet Taboos—Episode 4: Bittersweet, III Tirana Biennial
Villa Goldi complex, Tirana, Albania
October 14–November 10, 2005
Curated by Joa Ljungberg

Retorno a la pubertad (Return to Puberty)
Single-channel video
58 minutes, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Exhibit at Shimna

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Contemporary Latin American Art Group Show,
Shimna, New York, NY
August 18–September 3, 2005
Curated by Risa Needleman Gallery

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Digital C-Prints
16” x 20” each

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Digital C-Prints
16” x 20” each

Ái Spik Ínglish
Rubber stamp prints on paper, 7 in total
8” x 6” | 20 x 15 cms each

Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Plenty)
White men’s handkerchief and red lipstick
14.5” x 14.5” each | 37 x 37 cms |

Region mas transparente
Courtesy of Antonio Lagunas

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

La región más transparente. Una exploración de los espacios íntimos,
Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
August 13–29, 2003
Curated by Rosina Cazali

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Plenty)
White men’s handkerchief and red lipstick
14.5” x 14.5” each | 37 x 37 cms |