Xican-a.o.x. Body (Multiple Venues) 2023-2025
Study No. 3 (Mapa for Malinche and Our Stolen Sisters) – Enslaved at Twelve, 2021.Hand-processed watercolor on amate paper 8 × 12 in.
Study No. 4 (Mapa for Malinche and Our Stolen Sisters) – Baptism Before Rape, 2021 Hand-processed watercolor on amate paper 8 × 12 in.
Study No. 6 (Mapa for Malinche and Our Stolen Sisters) – Trafficking Twenty Enslaved Girls, 2021Hand-processed watercolor on amate paper8 × 12 in.
Xican-a.o.x. Body is the first major exhibition to showcase work by artists who foreground the body as a site of political agency and imagination, artistic investigation, decolonization, and alternative forms of community. Three studies for the Mapa for Malinche and Our Stolen Sisters are on view.
Organized by The American Federation of Arts (AFA), Xican–a.o.x. Body weaves a rich tapestry of diverse media, from the late 1960s through today, including Lowrider cars, poetry, pottery, painting, photography, sculpture, and film. Consisting of approximately 125 artworks by about 70 artists and artist collectives,
Exhibition Schedule:
Pérez Art Museum, June 13, 2024—February 16, 2025
For more info see the AFA website HERE