Featured Image: Maya Goded, Welcome to Lipstick
© Maya Goded
Courtesy Centro de la Imagen
The Centro de la Imagen
Although the main festival of FotoMéxico 2019 Women has finished, there is still an impressive array of exhibitions by women on show at The Centro de la Imagen, including three from our selected Hundred Heroines.
Exhibitions run until the 23rd February
Centro de la Imagen
Plaza de la Ciudadela 2
Centro Histórico
Ciudad de México
Opening Times:
Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00-19:00
Image: Maya Goded, Welcome to Lipstick
© Maya Goded
Courtesy the artist and Centro de la Imagen
Maya Goded
Welcome to Lipstick
A depiction of the sex workers operating near the Mexico-US border. Maya uses her work to highlight representations of the female body and sexuality, as well as the attendant power relationships, in the context of prostitution.
Image: Susan Meiselas, Carnival Strippers
© Susan Meiselas
Courtesy the artist and Centro de la Imagen
Susan Meiselas
Carnival Strippers
Meiselas spent her summers (1972-75) with the carnival girls to produce this seminal work. It reflects her close relationship with the girls and provides an intimate portrayal of the strip-tease dancers, who travelled with small carnivals in the US.
Image: María Eugenia Chellet, Piezas interferidas
© María Eugenia Chellet
Courtesy the artist and Centro de la Imagen
María Eugenia Chellet
Piezas interferidas. Días de artista, días de musa
Known for her work on femininity and the archetypical female body, multi-disciplinary artist Chellet reflects on the stereotypes created by women’s representation in Art History.
Image: Nan Goldin, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
© Nan Goldin
Courtesy the artist and Centro de la Imagen
Nan Goldin
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
A deeply moving chronicle of relationships and life in the late 1970s and beyond. ‘These pictures may be an invitation to my world, but they were taken so that I could see the people in them.’ (Goldin, from The Ballad of Sexual Dependency).
Image: Laia Abril, On Abortion
© Laia Abril
Courtesy the artist and Centro de la Imagen
Laia Abril
On Abortion
Hard-hitting exhibition based on the social and cultural horrors surrounding women who have no access to legal and safe abortions. First chapter in Abril’s series A History of Misogyny.
Image: Ana Barreto, Anomia
© Ana Barreto
Courtesy the artist and Centro de la Imagen
Ana Barreto
Anomia
Mexican illustrator Ana Barreto,whose comics appeared in the Mexican press during the 70’s and 80’s, presents a selection of episodes from Anomia, a character that displays the problems with being a woman in Mexico during those decades.
Group exhibition showing the work of 12 Latin American artists that inquire into the social and political context of this region during the 70’s and 80’s through their practice.
