In this Research and Academic Program lecture, through selected case studies of artworks produced in Latin American capitals during the 1980s and 1990s, Luis Vargas-Santiago (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City) discusses how queer artists challenged canonical formations of the body, sexuality, affects, religion, activism, and authorship. By positing the notion of "Sur Marica" as a decolonial site that resists both hetero- and homonormativity, Vargas-Santiago outlines a mobile cartography of visual art that fluidly redefines national, racial, and sexual identities while creating spaces of freedom and political expression.
A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.
Image: Julio Galán, Elizabeth's Portrait (detail), 2000. Museo Amparo
In this Research and Academic Program lecture, through selected case studies of artworks produced in Latin American capitals during the 1980s and 1990s, Luis Vargas-Santiago (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City) discusses how queer artists challenged canonical formations of the body, sexuality, affects, religion, activism, and authorship. By positing the notion of "Sur Marica" as a decolonial site that resists both hetero- and homonormativity, Vargas-Santiago outlines a mobile cartography of visual art that fluidly redefines national, racial, and sexual identities while creating spaces of freedom and political expression.
A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.
Image: Julio Galán, Elizabeth's Portrait (detail), 2000. Museo Amparo
