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With Joan Mitchell
- “Ribbons Weaving”
- Descripción
- “Forever Young”
- Descripción
- “Pin Loom Series”
- Descripción
- “Por siempre joven”
- Descripción
- “Hair Weaving”
- Descripción
- “Hair Weaving”
- Descripción
- “Feminicidio en Guatemala”
- Descripción
- “Wave Hill's Books of Leaves Lace”
- Descripción
- “Wave Hill's Books of Leaves”
- Descripción
- “Pressure Prints”
- Descripción
- “ARTchivo”
- Descripción
- “Deshilando el miedo”
- Descripción
- “Historias íntimas”
- Descripción
- “Souvenirs from Governors Island”
- Descripción
- “Souvenirs from Governors Island”
- Descripción
- “Bittersweet”
- Descripción
- “Hoy he roto tus cartas”
- Descripción
- “Drawing of Man/Drawing of Woman”
- Descripción
- “Historias íntimas”
- Descripción
- “Recuerdo de nuestra boda”
- Descripción
- “120 Minutos de silencio”
- Descripción
- “Días especiales”
- Descripción
- “Preoccupation (Gray Hair)”
- Descripción
- “Dibujo de hombre/Dibujo de mujer”
- Descripción
- “Untitled (Rinse)”
- Descripción
- “In Memoriam”
- Descripción
- Serie “A flor de piel”
- Descripción
- Serie “Flores silvestres”
- “Wildflowers” Series
- “Abuela, madre, hija”
- “Grandmother, Mother, Daughter”
- “Retorno a la pubertad”
- “Return to Puberty”
- “Para verte mejor”
- “The Better to See You With”
- “Ái Spik Ínglish”
- Descripción
- “Para que nos recuerdes mejor”
- “To Remember Us Better”
- “Valentía y coraje”
- “Courage and Bravery”
- “Para besarte mejor”
- “The Better to Kiss You With”
- “Para acariciarte mejor”
- “The Better to Caress You With”
- “Bésame mucho”
- “Kiss Me Plenty”
- “Reddest Red”
- “Escudos”
- “Shields”
- Serie “Instalación en museos de arte”
- “Installation at Art Museums” Series
- “Encierro rosa”
- “Romance Imprisonment”
- “Título de propiedad”
- “Ownership Title”
- “La sombra”
- “The Shadow”
Historias íntimas
Intimate Stories
New York, 2009-11
Hand-bound Artist book, letters, and clamshell-box
Text printed digitally, includes one etching print
Edition of 12
Book: 8.5” x 5.5” closed; 8.5” x 11” open
Letters: 8.5” x 11”. Envelopes (No. 10): 4.125” x 9.5”
Box: 10.75”x 9 1/8” x 2 5/8” closed;
9 1/8” x 20 11/16” x 2 9/16” open
A collection of 25 letters from the women in my family—from my 93-year-old grandmother to my 20-year-old cousin—sharing their first time they got their menstruation. Each original handwritten letter was mailed during 2009, then it was scanned and reproduced on fine writing paper and placed inside envelopes with the relationship of each woman to me written on the front.
A one-hundred plus page hand-made book—printed and bound by myself—accompanies the letters as a typed version. The book also contains a translation to either English or Spanish of each letter.
Both book and letters fits into a handmade clamshell-box to protect and hold them together.
PRODUCTION:
Etching printed by the artist at Hunter College Printshop, 2011.
Book binding and clamshell box done by the artist at Center for Book Arts, 2011.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The production of this project was made possible thanks to a 2009-2010 Grant from NoMAA, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Cartas—De la serie “Historias íntimas” (Letters—From “Intimate Stories” Series)
Días especiales (Special Days)
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Her Art Will Be Cannibal,
Longwood Art Gallery, Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
January 16–March 7, 2018
Curated by Alicia Grullón
Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound, letters and clamshell-box
Dimensions variable
An exhibition copy accompanies the work
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)
Serie “A flor de piel”
Collages on paper using images from women’s magazines
Left: 14” x 11”; Right: 5.5” x 14” each
She who laughs last, laughs best
Digital collage using images from women’s magazines
60” x 60”
Courtesy of The Center for Book Arts
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Silence Unbound: The Artist Lexicon in the Making,
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
January 17–March 29, 2014
Curated by Heather Powell
Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound, letters and clamshell-box
Dimensions variable
Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #41
Artist's gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Bound by Silence,
Dowd Gallery, Dowd Fine Arts Center @ SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY
March 12–April 6, 2012
Curated by Heather Powell
Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound, letters and clamshell-box
Dimensions variable
An exhibition copy accompanies the work
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Disillusions: Gendered Visions of the Caribbean and its Diasporas,
The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY
November 22–December 31, 2011
Curated by Tatiana Flores
Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound, letters and clamshell-box
Dimensions variable
An exhibition copy accompanies the work
Serie “A flor de piel”
Collages on paper using images from women’s magazines
Top: 14” x 11”; Bottom: 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)
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Memories Past and Present: 1765 - 2011,
Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York, NY
Uptown Arts Stroll 2011
June 1–September 12, 2011
Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound, letters and clamshell-box
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of Galería Antonia Puyó
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
JustMad Art Fair,
Booth from Galería Antonia Puyó,
Galería de Cristal del Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid, Spain
February 17–20, 2011
Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound and letters
Dimensions variable
An exhibition copy accompanies the work
Días especiales (Special Days)
Print on Paper
11” x 14”
Hoy he roto tus cartas (Today I tore up your letters)
Video
1 minute 27 seconds
120 Minutos de Silencio (120 Minutes of Silence)
Video-performance
120 minutes
Dimensions variable
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Uptown Arts Review,
Uptown Arts Stroll 2010
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Gallery, New York, NY
June 10–August 27, 2010
Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado
Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound and letters
Dimensions variable
An exhibition copy accompanies the work
PROCESS:
The complete project took around two years to finish (2009-11). It started with gathering the stories of the first menstruation of women in my family, and then the making of the edition itself—printing, sewing, binding, and making the clamshell-box for each of the 12 copies.
The photographs show parts of the process, from printing the etching plate, binding the book, and working at The Center for Book Arts using the much needed nipping presses and shear boards.