NEXT TO MYSELF
MAY 12 – JUNE 24, 2023
LILIANA GUZMÁN
Visualizing the Multiple Layers of the Latinx Female Experience and Body
In Next to Myself, Liliana Guzmán brings light to 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 the self.
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.
ABOUT LILIANA
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.
Reflection, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 40 x 30 inches $4000
Cordón de seda, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 48 x 36 inches $4500
Quinceañera, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 48 x 36 inches $4500
Niña con alas, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 48 x 36 inches $4500
Morning Prayer, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 40 x 30 inches $4000
Communion Dress, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 40 x 30 inches $4000
Last Period, 2023 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 40 x 30 inches $4000
Confession, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 48 x 36 inches $4500
Las Malas, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 48 x 36 inches $4500
St. Jude Tree, 2021 Archival Inkjet Print, Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, 40 x 30 inches $4000