‘The personal is political, art made by Latin American women’
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Linda Nochlin's essay, which under the question Why have there been no great women artists? gave its title to the essay, while at the same time opening up the history of art with a new field of research, which aims to generate collective awareness about the role of women in art, from the place they occupy within artistic institutions, the productions made by women, their work techniques and their themes, to their representation as models. It is evident that there has been a change in recent years and a revision of the history of art is taking place, in many cases carried out by the artists themselves and even artistic practice itself has joined the movement that this essay would trigger; how can we not understand it as political art and clear heir to the idea of The personal is political. This movement has crossed the world and Latin American art has not been insensitive to it, quite the contrary, its involvement is notable, as can be seen in the different works of the artists Helen Escobedo, Ana Sacerdote, Marisol Escobar, Magdalena Jitrik, Remedios Varo, Elvira Gascón, Marianne Gast, Yani Pecanins, Teresa Serrano, Gina Arizpe, María María Acha-Kutscher, Lucía Madriz, Ángela Bonadies and Glenda Zapata, which are included in this exhibition.
Artists
Ana Priest
Marisol Escobar
Magdalena Jitrik
Varo remedies
Elvira Gascón
Marianne Gast
Yani pecanins
Teresa Serrano
Lucia Madriz
Glenda Zapata