Featuring more than 120 artists from 15 countries, Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 focuses on their use of the female body for political and social critique and artistic expression. This is the first exhibition to explore the groundbreaking contributions to contemporary art of Latin American and Latina women artists during a period of extraordinary conceptual and aesthetic experimentation.
The artworks on view range from painting and sculpture to photography, video, performance, and other new mediums. Included are emblematic figures such as Lygia Pape, Ana Mendieta, and Marta Minujín, alongside lesser‐known names such as Cuban‐born abstract painter Zilia Sánchez; Peruvian composer, choreographer, and activist Victoria Santa Cruz; and Argentine mixed‐media artist Margarita Paksa.
Works by the following Mexican artists are included in this exhibition: Yolanda Andrade, Maris Bustamante, Ximena Cuevas, Lourdes Grobet, Kati Horna, Graciela Iturbide, Ana Victoria Jiménez, Magali Lara, Mónica Mayer, Sarah Minter, Marta Palau, Polvo de Gallina Negra, Carla Rippey, Jesusa Rodríguez, Pola Weiss.
Lourdes Grobet (born Mexico, 1940). La Venus, 1981–82, from the series La doble lucha (The double struggle), 1981–2005. Black-and-white photograph, 91/2 × 14 in. (24 × 35.5 cm). Collection of Lourdes Grobet. © Lourdes Grobet