#ester hernandez

[dykearchiving]

La Ofrenda II, 1990, screenprint 30 x 22'

by Ester Hernandez

"I have been a lesbian in terms of living with women for maybe twenty years. I never really felt connected to most women's groups, because of classism and racism. My relationships were more with women of color and the artist community in general. I figure this way, when I walk into a room the first thing people see is my color... I choose to identify myself as a Chicana artist, part of the Chicano or Third World movement, because I take part in fighting the problems destroying my people which also means fighting homophobia." - Ester Hernandez (quote from Lesbian Art in America: a contemporary history by Harmony Hammond, 2000)

[nobrashfestivity]

Ester Hernandez. 1982, Screenprint

Happy Labor Day

[slack-wise]

Ester Hernandez

[pirujajaja]

Virgins

[penatejanaculturalstudies]

Ester Hernandez, La Virgen de Guadalupe Defendiendo los Derechos de los Xicanos, 1975, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2013.56, © 1975, Ester Hernández

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/la-virgen-de-guadalupe-defendiendo-los-derechos-de-los-xicanos-86123

Ester Hernandez was the first prominent Chicana artist to implement the imagery of La Virgen de Guadalupe as a form of political symbolism questioning the marginalization of women in Chicano women.

[lesbianlenses]

[theuniversalscat]

I’m looking for a new job in the arts at 47. My shirt says, “Art is simply human”, so if that is a shared definition with possible potential employers, I believe I’m more than qualified.

For as daunting as it is to start a career over from scratch at this time in my life with limited experience in for some jobs, it’s kind of nice to look back and review my past artwork. It makes me smile when I look at them.

So, regardless of my current financial situation, looking at my art brings me a better feeling in the present moment. I think I’ll post more in the days to come.

Below:

1. My rendition of a Frida Kahlo and Diego piece in the style of the father of “Dia de los muertos” folk art, Jose Guadalupe Posada I inked on a gourd.

2. My rendition of an Ester Hernandez painting, “"If This is Death, I Like it" (1995) I painted on a gourd. (Acrylic)

3. Christmas cards I drew and sold.

4. Some “dia de los muertos” figures I sculpted. (Hamlet & pasmasana)

[lesbianartandartists]

Ester Hernandez, Libertad, 1976