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Andrew Mroczek

Pilar, 2015

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Description

Maker

  • Andrew Mroczek, b. 1977, American
  • Juan José Barboza-Gubo, b. 1976, Peruvian

Title

Pilar

Year

2015

Medium

Color inkjet print

Dimensions

Image: 61 x 48.5 cm (24 x 19 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso in pencil at bottom left: "1/10". Verso in pencil at bottom center: "Pilar: Virgenes de la Puerta". Verso in pencil at bottom right: two illegible signatures.

Identification

Edition

1/10

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2016.115

About

Framed by an archway, a curtain is pulled back to reveal a nude figure. A broken statue perhaps comments on the subject’s vulnerability.

This work is from Mroczek and Barboza-Gubo’s series on the transgender women of Lima, Peru. Pilar and other trans women chose to pose, despite risks to their personal safety, to bring visibility to the violence and hostility they suffer. The series title comes from a Peruvian legend about how an image of the Virgin Mary on Otuzco’s main gate protected the city from siege. Barboza-Gubo explains, “We’re trying to link these beautiful women to the iconography of Peru. We hope they’ll start to see themselves as cultural icons.”

1/10

Verso in pencil at bottom left: "1/10". Verso in pencil at bottom center: "Pilar: Virgenes de la Puerta". Verso in pencil at bottom right: two illegible signatures.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Pilar with the accession number of 2016.115. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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