Llano en Llamas
2020
September 8 – September 22
SITE Sharp Galery
Contributing Artists
Eva Salazar
Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:
In her first solo show, Eva Salazar presents textile works created during a grieving process beginning in 2018, when repressed memories of trauma surfaced to reveal the continued abuse and sexual assault the artist suffered from the ages 6 to 11. In Mexico, 41% of female identifying people over the age of 15 have been sexually assaulted at least once (ENDIREH). In the last two years, a movement has sparked in Mexico and Latin America to end the violence against women. The work presented in this exhibition documents a response to this movement, escapulating Salazar’s radicalization through the subversion of Juan Rulfo’s iconic texts depicting Machismo and masculinity in Mexico. The urgent mark-making of the body prints contrasts the slow and delicate nature of the hand woven textile to create objects that are simultaneously artworks and protest banners: here is my body and my body is protest.
Programs
Virtual Loom Making Workshop
September 17, 7:00 PM
Join SITE galleries on Zoom for a loom-making workshop and Q&A with artist Eva Salazar on their practice and exhibition Llano en Llamas. This is a virtual event hosted via Zoom Webinar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uf6PQEJzKc