Marta Maria Perez Bravo

Para la entrega [For the Offering]

Maker

Marta Maria Perez Bravo (Cuban, b. 1959)

Title

Para la entrega [For the Offering]

Year

1994

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

Sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--signed in pen, verso LL: (signature)/Para la entrega. 1994/ 2/15 (95); in pencil verso URC: #30086-C

Identification

Edition

2/15

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain

Object Number

1998.16.2

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Bodies of Evidence
Contemporary Perspectives
Jul 01, 2005 – Sep 25, 2005
Island Nations
New Art from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
Oct 29, 2004 – Jan 20, 2005
Recent Acquisitions
Inclusive and Diverse
Feb 18, 2000 – Apr 16, 2000

Label copy

In 1964, the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art was established at the RISD Museum as a family memorial. Over the past 36 years, Latin American material has continually been added to the collection through several sources. Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain, avid collectors of various media, have generously donated this work by Cuban-born artist Marta Maria Perez Bravo, who currently lives in Mexico. Bravo is one of several important Latin American photographers recently added to the RISD collection; others include Luis Gonzalez Palma and Geraldo Suter. Inspired by Afro­ Cuban religion, Bravo here transforms her body into an altar and ritually offers her hair in a sheet held as a vessel. The cultural significance of hair is a theme explored by Bravo and other contemporary Latin American and African American female artists.

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Tombstone

Marta Maria Perez Bravo (Cuban, b. 1959)
Para la entrega [For the Offering], 1994
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain 1998.16.2

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