#lauraaguilar

[harvardfineartslib]

“Since the early 1990s, photographer Laura Aguilar has worked to create her own version of ‘queer raza’ by unsettling smugly positive depictions of both the Chicano and gay Los Angeles communities. In the series of nudes from which this photograph is taken, Aguilar adds to her representational challenges the resplendently overweight female body. In this photograph, woman occupies the space of nature with a body that is the polar opposite of the cultural ideal. The raking sun theatricalizes her flesh, producing a deeply shadowed indentation in the small of her back and a dramatic cleft between her buttocks. Aguilar both references and unsettles seventies lesbian-feminist goddess worship. The weight of her form echoes the weight of the boulders in the foreground, and they, in turn tell us that the nature in which she sits is a road track in the desert partially blocked by boulders.” (from Art and Queer Culture. p. 189.)

Image: Laura Aguilar Nature Self-Portrait #7 1996 Black and white photograph

Art and queer culture Lord, Catherine, 1949-   London : Phaidon, 2013. 412 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. English HOLLIS number: 990136652890203941

[chicanxphotography]

At Home with the Nortes, 1990

Laura Aguilar

[ultraevonne]

#monday Remembering Laura Aguilar today thanks 2 the good work of @laura_aguilar_photo 🙏🏾 Although I knew her briefly, I felt in service 2 her immediately. I always think about how in and ahead of her time she was, and equally, how she transcended time and space to give us the healing we didn’t even know we needed. 🌿🕯 So much gratitude today for her powerful Scorpio spirit. 🙏🏾 Thru ur healing, u contributed 2 my healing and the healing of generations 2 come. You remain in my heart and mind. 🌿🕯🦋 #mondaymotivation #mondaymood #restinpeace #remember #artist #photographer #photography #artistsoninstagram #chicana #indigenous #Repost @laura_aguilar_photo ・・・ Four years ago, we lost Laura. There isn't a day that we don't forget about you and what you did for the history of photography. Here is a unpublished image from Laura’s archive. Self-portrait in front of her house with items from her garden. Probably taken in the early 2000s. #lauraaguilar #lauraaguilarphoto #selfporttrait #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #chicana #lesbian #photography #chicanaphotography #gardening #cablerelease #gonebutneverforgotten (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcylTOzvBvDNGwiktaiMqyCJHTyWrEe8OnNVxM0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[asalvadorsala]

Center #73, 2001 #LauraAguilar https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_Ela3o0xu/?igshid=169k48hxsr8x9

[obrasdeartecomentadas]

"¿Es carne o es piedra? (...) Al negarse a ser reconocido como esto o aquello, el autorretrato feminista de Aguilar desafía las formas eurocéntricas del ver.

Es un cuerpo híbrido infinito que se pliega entre formas humanas y no humanas. Es un cuerpo que está continuamente convirtiéndose y al mismo tiempo negándose a ser una sola cosa".

Marco Antonio Flores acerca de la serie American Grounded (2006/2007) de la artista Laura Aguilar (1959-2018).

Texto completo aquí

https://terremoto.mx/article/un-devenir-infinito/

[edgarfabianfrias]

Bay Area friends! Overjoyed to share that my performance Nacimos en Jaulas. Abrimos Las Alas y Volamos, 2018 (part 2) is going to be screened at the State of Us Art Show happening on November 1st at the Nexus Center in San Francisco, organized by @thekateculture and @chris_isthis. The State of Us art show is a one-night display of visual and performance art designed to inspire reflection on the politicization of our lives in the days before the 2018 midterm elections. This performance was originally a part of Cuerpos Unidos, a performance and social practice event organized by artist @edgarfabianfrias in collaboration with the @vpam_arts. It featured new works commissioned from five Los Angeles-based artists responding to photographer Laura Aguilar’s retrospective at VPAM. The daylong program featured pieces by Frías, Irina Contreras, Cesia Dominguez, Cindy Vallejo, and Freddy Villalobos and culminated with a collective ritual developed by the artists. Part of @calartsredcat's @pstinla Festival: Live Art LA/LA, an initiative of The Getty. Documentation by @zutylorz and @k.alexandrite . . . . . #stateofusartshow #sanfrancisco #nexuscenter #queer #lgbt #nonbinary #election #usa #contemporaryart #performance #socialpractice #edgarfabianfrias #pstlala #latinx #latinxart #video #qpoc #lauraaguilar #photography #losangeles #vincentpriceartmuseum #calartsredcat #southerncalifornia #bayarea (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIplJFBq6f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ikfcx30je0rb

[moneknows]

Sad to hear of the passing of famed Chicana photographer Laura Aguilar whose work was profoundly visionary and moving. Rest In Power ✨ : #lauraaguilar #lauraaguilarshowandtell #photographer #illustration #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #RIP #artist

[ansleyadamsart-blog]

So sad to hear of the passing of Laura Aguilar today, an early fat activist, whose stunning photography has had a personal and important impact on my own work. She will be greatly missed. This work is called "I Identify as a Boulder." • #lauraaguilar #photography #photo #photograph #fatactivism #body #bodyimage #selflove #rip #youwillbemissed

[binzento]

LAURA AGUILAR FEARLESSLY RECLAIMS HER BODY AND HER JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE WITH "SHOW AND TELL" Lesbian, Latina and large-bodied, Laura Aguilar fearlessly reclaims her body and her journey with Show and Tell: the headline-grabbing exhibition that captured the heart of the art world during the recent PST: LA/LA, the massive art initiative led by the Getty. During this unprecedented exploration of Latin American and Latino art, Aguilar’s show was hailed as one of the most critically acclaimed of all the 70+ exhibitions at cultural institutions across Southern California. “Show and Tell” now makes it East Coast premiere in Miami at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU through May 27, located on the campus of Florida International University. Read my blog post to find out more about the artist and the exhibition. Link in bio 👊🏻 . . . . . . . . . . . #art #miami #fiu #lauraaguilar #body #artist #artwork #florida #instagood #blog #showanstell #artist (at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU)

[eliaalbasupperclub]

I am in some kickass great company!! 11 #latina photographers you should know. Thank you @little_little_eva and @goodhq for including me on this list 💖💖💖 #groanamelendez #gracielaiturbide #dulcepinzon #lauraaguilar #starmontana #helemozao #helensalomão #devyngalindo #supperclubartists #artandsocialjustice

[chicanxphotography]

Laura from “Latina Lesbians” series, 1988

Laura Aguilar

[ultraevonne]

An honor to have worked with Laura Aguilar on her retrospective @vpam_arts and to have her as part of my gender nonessentialism panel @laplazala. She was a straight shooter of the best kind. ✊🏽🔥#lauraaguilar #restinpower #photographer #photography #chicana #latinx #eastlos (at Los Angeles, California)

[avenue50studio]

Hey Fam! Guess what? You're invited to our Closing Reception! Saturday, November 3, 2018 2 PM - 4 PM Join us for our Closing Reception of our October exhibits. It will be your last chance to view the brilliant artwork and meet some of the artists! Light refreshments will be served. Our October exhibits include: Viva Las Fotos: A Day of the Dead Memorial for Laura Aguilar Memory Room, an interactive installation by Nica Aquino Heaven or Hell in a Handbag, works by Kristen Johannesen Closing Reception: Saturday, November 3, 2018, 2-4 PM #ClosingReception #ArtReception #Ofrenda #DiadelosMuertos #AltarInstallation #LauraAguilar #NicaAquino #MemoryRoom #KristenJohannesen #HeavenorHellinaHandbag #photography #MixedMedia #ReadyMade #Painting #Avenue50Studio #Ave50Studio #Nela #Nelaarte #Nelaart (at Avenue 50 Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/BppzQpaB8q4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mf4ptgtrswen

[edgarfabianfrias]

I just released seven videos documenting Cuerpos Unidos at @vpam_arts up on my @youtube page! Part of @calartsredcat’s incredible @pstinla Festival: Live Art LA/LA which happened in January of this year and brought together soooo many powerful people! . . . . #pstlala #losangeles #art #performance #music #queer #ritual #lauraaguilar #vpam #redcat #thegetty #nonbinary #contemporaryart #latinxart #latinx #atlandsedge #ceremony #somatic #electronicmusic #chicken #bird #projection #videoart (at Vincent Price Art Museum)

[thethinginthebag]

"Yolanda" 1987 "My mother encouraged me to be a court reporter. I became a lawyer" @LauraAguilar documenting the Latina Queer community blazIng the trail for visual activists like @muholizanele and celebrating immigrants. @huntercollegeartgalleries #axismundo #queereye #photography #lauraaguilar #contemporaryphotography