Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For
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Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For
Curated by Miguel A. López, codirector and curator of TEOR/éTica (San José, Costa Rica), this exhibition brings together for the first time the distinct, yet intertwined bodies of work created by two Costa Rican artists from different generations: Victoria Cabezas (b. 1950) and Priscilla Monge (b. 1968). Each of them is acknowledged as a major figure within her respective generation. Both artists investigate their own subjectivity in relation to social-political economies, sexual violence, and gender roles and stereotypes. They question the perception of the body as well as normative ideas of masculinity and femininity in Latin American cultures.
Image: Victoria Cabezas, Sin título (Untitled), 1973; polyptych, hand-colored gelatin silver prints, 25 5⁄8 × 31 1/2 inches, 65 × 80 cm overall; private collection.
Edited by Karen Marta and Gabriela Rangel, this is a fully illustrated pocket book released to accompany the same-titled exhibition at Americas Society.
La Nación explica de qué trata la nueva exposición de las artistas Victoria Cabezas y Priscilla Monge y qué se puede esperar sobre ella.
Monge and Cabezas both use experimental artistic strategies to advocate for women and to critique established patriarchal structures.
The exhibition Victoria Cabezas and Priscilla Monge: Give Me What You Ask For is made possible by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Additional support is provided by the Export Promotion Agency of Costa Rica, PROCOMER, and by Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, the Smart Family Foundation of New York, Judko Rosenstock, The Cowles Charitable Trust, and an anonymous donor. The exhibition and publication received in-kind support from TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica.
Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the support from the Arts of the Americas Circle members: Estrellita Brodsky; Galeria Almeida e Dale; Kaeli Deane; Diana Fane; Isabella Hutchinson; Carolina Jannicelli; Vivian Pfeiffer and Jeanette van Campenhout, Phillips; Luis Oganes; Roberto Redondo; Erica Roberts; Sharon Schultz; Herman Sifontes; Axel Stein; and Edward J. Sullivan.
