Latin American Women in Art and Science
Latin American Women in Art and Science In-Person
Between the 1970s and 1980s, women artists working in Latin America incorporated scientific methods into their artmaking to critique the systematic regulation and control of human bodies. This talk, based on Dr. Paulina Pardo Gaviria's research project “Latin American Women in Art and Science,” will focus on the practice of artists Letícia Parente (Brazil, 1930–1991) and Sandra Llano–Mejía (Colombia, b. 1951) as two case studies that explore the human body from an artistic perspective and through scientific means. Ultimately, this art history project questions how and why women artists incorporate into their work the spaces, tools, and techniques traditionally developed by men for demonstrating experimentally-proven knowledge about the composition and behavior of human bodies.
The CSULB Library invites you to join us for this insightful presentation by Dr. Paulina Pardo Gaviria as part of our Faculty Research Series, celebrating Latinx Heritage Month. Engage with the intersection of art and science in Latin American women’s artistic practices and gain a deeper understanding of their contributions to both fields.
Image credit:
Sandra Llano–Mejía, In-pulso, 1977. Installation view, exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 (Hammer Museum, 2017).
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- Date:
- Friday, September 20, 2024
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Library 501
- Categories:
- Library Special Events
Dr. Paulina Pardo Gaviria specializes in the history of modern and contemporary art of the Americas. Her scholarship interrogates how networks of artists, critics, and curators facilitated the emergence of experimental art and opened space for discourses of dissent against Brazil’s military dictatorship (1964–1985). Her current book project is the first substantial study of the work of Letícia Parente, a chemistry professor who developed an artistic practice through the use of video and other media. Examining the introduction of experimental artistic and curatorial strategies beginning in the 1970s, Dr. Pardo Gaviria's book demonstrates how the specifics of Parente’s political and artistic context provoked her to position her work at the intersection of advocacy for women’s rights, scientific paradigms, and newly-available image reproduction technologies.
At CSULB, Dr. Pardo Gaviria teaches Latin American and Latinx art history and she is a mentor in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program.
This biography is adapted from Dr. Pardo Gaviria’s faculty profile on the CSULB School of Art website.