Motion #49
Laura Aguilar, American, 1959 - 2018
1999
Gelatin silver print
3/10
Image: 14 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (35.8 × 28.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 14 3/4 in. (40.5 × 37.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein '67 Fund, the Edward, Julia, Victoria, and Christopher Hansen Fund for Photographic Acquisitions, and the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr., Foundation Fund
© Laura Aguilar
2022.12.8
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
On view
Inscriptions
Signed, on reverse, center, in graphite: Laura Aguilar 3/10 1999
Label
Photographer Laura Aguilar—a self-described fat, disabled Chicana lesbian—draws influences from the modernist tradition of landscape photography while reversing the gaze of the often white male–dominated field. Two women hold their hands up to the sky in a reverent manner while the third woman—Aguilar—bends down to hold on to a stone. Together, they create a symbiotic dialogue between their bodies and the landscape, affirming their place and belonging with the land. In this poetic composition, Aguilar maps the body as a continuation of the natural landscape, presenting us with the possibility that bodies and places are inseparable.
From the 2024 exhibition [Un]Mapping: Decolonial Cartographies of Place, curated by Beatriz Yanes Martinez, Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow, Curatorial and Exhibitions
Exhibition History
[Un]Mapping: Decolonial Cartographies of Place, Harteveldt Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 8 -November 3, 2024.
Provenance
Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016, Los Angeles, California; sold to present collection, 2022.
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