Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection” is on view at Hunter East Harlem Gallery in New York through Saturday, June 23. The group exhibition includes work by Tania Bruguera, Margarita Cabrera, Melba Carillo, Alessandra Expósito, iliana emilia garcia, Carmen Herrera, Jessica Kairé, Carmen Lomas Garza, Anna Maria Maiolino, Ana Mendieta, Liliana Porter, and Nitza Tufiño, among others.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, with Ross Rudesch Harley, Circo de pulgas Cardoso (Cardoso Flea Circus), 1997, video.
Alessandra Expósito, Queenie, 2006, enamel, acrylic, and Swaroski crystals on horse skull, epoxy and clay on plastic tubing.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE
Jessica Kairé, CONFORT Tropical Hand Grenade (Special Edition), 2011, fabric, thread, and poly-fill.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE/EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, NEW YORK
Carmen Herrera, Díptico, 1978, acrylic on canvas.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE/EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, NEW YORK
Margarita Cabrera, Esmeralda Pérez: Saguaro, from the series “Space In Between,” 2010, embroidered Border Patrol uniform fabric, thread, vinyl, wire, foam, and terra cotta pot.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE/EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, NEW YORK
Tania Bruguera, La carga del pecado (The Burden of Guilt), performed 1997–1999, (photographed 1998, printed 2008), dye coupler print face-mounted to acrylic panel.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE/EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, NEW YORK
iliana emilia garcia, Me quieren (I’m Loved), 2005, neon light.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE/EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, NEW YORK
Melba Carillo, Mazo, ceremonial necklace for the Orishá Yemayá (Collar ceremonial para Orishá Yemayá), 1999, glass and plastic beads.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE/EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, NEW YORK
Nitza Tufiño, Pareja Taina (Taíno Couple), 1972, acrylic, charcoal, and polyurethane on Masonite.
COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE/EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, NEW YORK
Installation view of “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection,” 2018, at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York.
BENJAMIN OHENE/COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE
Installation view of “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection,” 2018, at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York.
BENJAMIN OHENE/COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE
Installation view of “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection,” 2018, at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York.
BENJAMIN OHENE/COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE
Installation view of “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection,” 2018, at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York.
BENJAMIN OHENE/COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE
Installation view of “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection,” 2018, at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York.
BENJAMIN OHENE/COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE
Installation view of “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection,” 2018, at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York.
BENJAMIN OHENE/COURTESY HUNTER COLLEGE
Installation view of “Queenie: Selected Artworks by Female Artists from El Museo del Barrio’s Collection,” 2018, at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York.