FOCUS: MARTINE GUTIERREZ OPENS NOVEMBER 8 AT THE MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH
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Frida Kahlo once said, โI am my own muse. I am the subject I know best.โ Itโs a sentiment that also eloquently describes Martine Gutierrez, a transgender Latinx artist who routinely performs the triple roles of subject, maker, and muse in her own eclectic body of work.
By establishing a practice of full autonomy, wherein Gutierrez conceptualizes and executes every detail on both sides of the camera, the artist has taken complete control of her narrative. For her latest exhibition,Indigenous Woman, Gutierrez created a 146-page art publication (masquerading as a glossy fashion magazine) celebrating โMayan Indian heritage, the navigation of contemporary indigeneity, and the ever-evolving self-image,โ according to the artistโs โLetter From the Editor.โ
โI was driven to question how identity is formed, expressed, valued, and weighed as a woman, as a transwoman, as a Latinx woman, as a woman of indigenous descent, as a femme artist and maker? It is nearly impossible to arrive at any finite answers, but for me, this process of exploration is exquisitely life-affirming,โ she writes.
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Top:ย MARTINE GUTIERREZ, DEMONS, XOCHIQUETZAL โFLOWER QUETZAL FEATHER,โ P94, FROM INDIGENOUS WOMAN, 2018. ยฉ MARTINE GUTIERREZ; COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND RYAN LEE GALLERY, NEW YORK.
Bottom:ย MARTINE GUTIERREZ, DEMONS, TLAZOTEOTL โEATER OF FILTH,โ P91, FROM INDIGENOUS WOMAN, 2018.ย ยฉ MARTINE GUTIERREZ; COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND RYAN LEE GALLERY, NEW YORK.
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