Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960â1985 presents the work of 123 women artists and collectives active in Latin America and the United States during a key period in the history of the Americas and the development of contemporary art.The artists come from fifteen countries and include emblematic figures as well as significant, if lesser-known, contemporaries. The exhibition is the first survey of radical and feminist art practices both in Latin America and among Latina artists in the United States.Â
For women artists in Latin America, the decades covered by the exhibition were a time of repression as well as liberation. Most countries in the region were ruled by dictatorships or riven by civil war at some point during these years. The lives of many of the featured artists were enmeshed in experiences of authoritarianism, imprisonment, exile, torture, violence, and censorship. Yet this
period also saw the emergence of new sensibilities. Whether based in Latin America or the United States, the artists embraced the expanded possibilities of the era, with some revitalizing traditional mediums such as painting and sculpture and others taking up experimental new disciplines such as video art, performance, and conceptual practices.
Donât miss your chance to see all these radical women in one groundbreaking exhibition. Radical Women closes Sunday, July 22.
Martha Araujo (born Brazil, 1943). âHaÌbito Habitanteâ (Habit Inhabitan), 1985. Photographic documentation of the performance. Black and white photograph. Courtesy of Galeria Jaqueline Martins © Martha Araujo
Rosa Navarro, (born Colombia, 1955). Letras âRâ, âOâ, âSâ, âAâ (Letters âR,â âO,â âS,â âAâ) from the series Lenguaje de los sordomudos (Sign language), 1981. Four gelatin silver photograph highlighted with water-based paint marker, each photo. Courtesy of Proyecto Bachue,  Colombia. © Rosa Navarro
Liliana Maresca, (born Argentina, 1951-1994). Sin tiÌtulo. Serie Liliana Maresca con su obra (Untitled. Series Liliana Maresca with her Work), 1983. Photogoraph (41 x 41 cm). Photograph by Marcos LĂłpez. Marcos LĂłpez, Almendra Vilela & Rolf Art Gallery. Image courtesy of Archivo Liliana Maresca and Marcos LĂłpez. © Liliana Maresca
Cecilia Vicuña (born Chile, 1948; works in the United States), Vaso de leche, Bogotå (Glass of Milk, Bogotå), 1979. Documentation of action: four archival digital prints. Photographer: Oscar Monsalve. Courtesy of the artist and England & Co Gallery, London
Poli Marichal (born Puerto Rico, 1955), [Still] Los espejismos de MandrĂĄgora Luna (MandrĂĄgora Lunaâs phantoms), 1986. 8 mm film. Collection of the artist. © Poli Marichal 1986. (Photo by Poli Marichal)
Patssi Valdez (born United States, 1951), Portrait of Patssi, 1975. Black-and-white photograph printed on poster paper. Photographer: Harry Gamboa Jr. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchased through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund
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