Ofrenda : Liliana Wilson's art of dissidence and dreams

202 Pages·2014·45.01 MB·English, Spanish

by  Alicia Gaspar de Alba & Guisela Latorre & George Vargas & Laura E. Perez & Patricia Ruiz-Healy & Lourdes Perez

Ofre`nda
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Number Seventeen: Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art Series

Ofre`nda
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Liliana Wils``on's``
art of dissidence and dreams
norma e. cantú
editor
Foreword by ricardo romo
texas a&m university press
College Station
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ofrenda (Texas A & M University Press)
Ofrenda: Liliana Wilson’s art of dissidence and dreams / Norma E. Cantú, editor.—
First edition.
pages cm.—(Joe and Betty Moore Texas art series; number seventeen)
Some articles in Spanish with English translation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-62349-191-8 (cloth: alk. paper)—
ISBN 978-1-62349-222-9 (ebook)
1. Wilson, Liliana, 1953– 2. Wilson, Liliana, 1953–Themes, motives 3. Women
artists—Texas—Austin. 4. Chilean American women—Texas—Austin. 5. Painting,
American—Texas—20th century. 6. Painting, American—Texas—21st century.
7. Art—Political aspects—United States. 8. Chile—History—Coup d’etat, 1973—
Art and the coup d’etat. I. Wilson, Liliana, 1953– II. Cantú, Norma E., 1947–
editor of compilation. III. Cantú, Norma E., 1947– Finding nepantla. IV. Title.
V. Series: Joe and Betty Moore Texas art series; no. 17.
ND237.W737O39 2014
759.983—dc23
2014012192
To all artists que vagan por el mundo, who roam this earth offering their gifts
norma e. cantú
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I dedicate this work to my mother, Adriana Grez, for her constant strength,
my sister Marcela for always standing by me,
Laura Rendón for teaching me about love,
Cynthia Pérez for your vision and loyalty,
Jordana Barton for loving my work more than me,
Kit Quan for teaching me wisdom,
Emma Pérez for your friendship,
Genevieve Vaughan for your writings and care,
and to all the desaparecidos and their families everywhere.
liliana wilson

CONTENTS
List of Works ix SIX Exiled Creativity and Immigrant
Foreword, by Ricardo Romo xi Aesthetics: The Politically Transformative
Acknowledgments xv
Work of Liliana Wilson 69
Guisela Latorre
Introduction: Finding Nepantla:
Liliana Wilson, Artivist 1 SEVEN The Inviolate Erotic in the Paintings
Norma E. Cantú of Liliana Wilson 83
part i Laura E. Pérez
EIGHT A Chilean Painter in the City of Ideas:
ONE Ofrenda 13 Liliana Wilson, Memory
Antonia Castañeda and Liliana Wilson
Recorder and Dream Shaper 87
TWO Bearing Witness: Their Eyes Anticipate George Vargas
the Healing 31
NINE Liliana Wilson: Shards of the Past
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
in Her Oeuvre 97
THREE Las Imágenes de Liliana Wilson 35 Patricia Ruiz-Healy
Marjorie Agosín, part iii
translated by Mónica Bruno Galmozzi
part ii TEN Tango Al Que Sopla La Hoja 106
Lourdes Pérez
FOUR Liliana Wilson: Learning to
Live Finally 41 the artwork
Kay Turner 108
FIVE “Ella Tiene Su Tono”:
Conocimiento and Mestiza Bibliography 169
Consciousness in Liliana Wilson’s Art 53 Contributors 173
Alicia Gaspar de Alba Index 177

LIST OF WORKS
1 Los desaparecidos en el cielo 109 31 War 139
2 City of Blood 110 32 Bearing Witness 140
3 El Estadio Nacional 111 33 El calvario 141
4 El inmigrante 112 34 Las amantes 142
5 El color de la esperanza 113 35 La diosa del amor 143
6 Rodrigo Rojas 114 36 Pedazos 144
7 El día en que le hicieron pedazos la corona 115 37 Mekaya 145
8 Man Running from Himself 116 38 Deterioros 146
9 Policía y mosca 117 39 La concha 147
10 Mi niña triste 118 40 Greed 2 148
11 Homenaje a Ana Mendieta 119 41 Mi reina 149
12 Girl and Red Fish 120 42 La caída del ángel 150
13 Organic Barbed Wire 121 43 El enmascarado 151
14 The Wedding 122 44 Bella durmiente 152
15 La junta de gobierno 123 45 El prisionero 153
16 The Meaning of Life 124 46 Transformación 154
17 La llegada 125 47 El dividido 155
18 Hombre y jaula 126 48 Memorias de su tierra 156
19 Los deportados 127 49 Eva 157
20 Denial 128 50 Diablitos 158
21 Proposition 187 129 51 La entrada al cielo 159
22 Tiempo 130 52 Los ilusionistas 160
23 Niña en el desierto 131 53 El ridículo 161
24 The Successful Family 132 54 Muerte en la frontera 162
25 Mujer desesperada 133 55 La espera 163
26 Vuelcos 134 56 Sábila sagrada 164
27 Lottery Dreams 135 57 Quinceañera 165
28 Memories of Chile 136 58 Alma 166
29 El camino 137 59 Leonardo 167
30 Mujer dividida 138 60 El anuncio 168
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