The artist in residence, Delilah Montoya, recently came to St. Mary's College of Maryland and gave a talk about a show in Albuquerque that she curated called “Chicana Bad girls”. The show exhibited the works of many different Latina women and focused on the empowerment of women. Many different mediums were described from performance art to sculpture, painting and photography.
Eighteen female artists were asked to contribute pieces. One artist that stood out changed popular symbols and posters to be self-portraits and portray the idea of the Chicana bad girls. She changed Rosie the Riveter and famous old cartoons.
Another artist took the cultural idea of the Calavera, the Mexican skeleton, and made interactive art. Each piece showed one image on the outside of the wardrobe style painting and another more carefree and liberated image on the inside. Each depicts cultural traditions on the outside as well and the carefree image of them being thrown away on the inside.
Alma Lopez mixed her drawings of good girls doing bad things in the bible with the three-dimensional medium of a house. Each drawing represented how women have shaped history and even something as important as religion. Her most impressive piece in my opinion was the re-depiction of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a strong, empowered woman rather than a quiet, reserved protector. Though the piece caused a lot of controversy, it was the inspiration for the entire show and made an impact on it as a whole. The show was very impressive and talented and brought over its purpose as an empowerment piece well.
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