EXHIBITION: Next to Myself
NEXT TO MYSELF
Liliana Guzmán
OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, May 12th, from 5-8 pm
Reflection, 2021. Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink and Gouache, 40 x 30 inches. $4000. INQUIRE >
Join us in May/June for solo exhibitions by artists Liliana Guzmán and Gary Emrich
St. Jude Tree, 2021. Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink and Gouache, 40 x 30 inches. $4000. INQUIRE >
in Next to Myself, Liliana Guzmán explores the sociocultural dualities of her Latinx female identity. Combining painting and photography, Guzmán explores her individuality through intimate and complex socio and ethnic experiences. Each photographic print is layered with gouache paint, charcoal, and other mark-making objects - emphasizing how ethnicity, gender, and memory continuously build upon the many layers that make up oneself.
Cordón de seda, 2021. Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink and Gouache, 48 x 36 inches. $4500. INQUIRE >
Quinceañera, 2021. Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 48 x 36 inches. $4500. INQUIRE >
The meaning and influence of touch and emotional performance (masks) are both prominent in my artwork. The use of the mask obscures the face and acts as a mechanism to compel the viewer to identify with the woman. The yellow circles are derived from the religious iconography of the halo, which is meant to signify light, divinity, and a distinct separation between the holy and the laymen and women.
Cordón de seda, 2021. Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink and Gouache, 48 x 36 inches. $4500. INQUIRE >
Guzmán is an artist currently living and working in Bloomington, Indiana. She received her MFA in Photography at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University, and her BA at Earlham College with a double concentration in Photography and French and Francophone Studies. Her photographic practice incorporates a wide range of techniques and mediums, from film photography and alternative processes to digital photography, painting and drawing.