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Martine Gutierrez — Masking, Egg Mask, p56 from Indigenous Woman
Martine Gutierrez

Masking, Egg Mask, p56 from Indigenous Woman

2018

Masking, Egg Mask, p56 from Indigenous Woman presents a single frame from Martine Gutierrez's landmark 2018 project, a self-produced 124-page magazine in which the Brooklyn-based artist served simultaneously as director, stylist, model, and photographer. In this C-print, Gutierrez deploys the visual language of high-fashion editorial photography to interrogate what that language typically conceals, namely the racism, sexism, and transphobia embedded within mainstream beauty culture. The egg mask motif functions on multiple levels, evoking both the ritualistic and the commercial, the intimate skincare routine and the performative self-presentation demanded of bodies that do not conform to dominant norms. Mounted on Sintra and measuring approximately 50.8 by 40.6 centimeters, the work carries an immediacy that rewards close attention, the surface detail of the C-print rendering texture and tone with photographic precision. Indigenous Woman as a whole was conceived as a celebration of Mayan Indian heritage and a meditation on contemporary indigeneity, using the glossy magazine format as both vehicle and critique. Gutierrez's complete authorship of every stage of production is central to the project's meaning, an assertion of sovereignty over her own image that counters the extractive gaze historically directed at indigenous and trans bodies. This page, drawn from the magazine's Masking spread, participates in that broader argument while standing fully on its own terms as a composed, visually compelling photographic work. The series has since been exhibited internationally, including at the 58th Venice Biennale, cementing Gutierrez's reputation as one of the most rigorous and inventive artists working at the intersection of identity, performance, and image-making today. This signed work is offered through the Human Rights Campaign Benefit Auction, making its acquisition an opportunity to support LGBTQ+ advocacy while adding a significant work from one of contemporary photography's most compelling voices to a collection.

Medium
C-print mounted on Sintra
Sheet
Signed
Yes

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Martine Gutierrez, Masking, Egg Mask, p56 from Indigenous Woman, 2018

Masking, Egg Mask, p56 from Indigenous Woman presents a single frame from Martine Gutierrez's landmark 2018 project, a self-produced 124-page magazine in which the Brooklyn-based artist served simultaneously as director, stylist, model, and photographer. In this C-print, Gutierrez deploys the visual language of high-fashion editorial photography to interrogate what that language typically conceals, namely the racism, sexism, and transphobia embedded within mainstream beauty culture. The egg mask motif functions on multiple levels, evoking both the ritualistic and the commercial, the intimate skincare routine and the performative self-presentation demanded of bodies that do not conform to dominant norms. Mounted on Sintra and measuring approximately 50.8 by 40.6 centimeters, the work carries an immediacy that rewards close attention, the surface detail of the C-print rendering texture and tone with photographic precision. Indigenous Woman as a whole was conceived as a celebration of Mayan Indian heritage and a meditation on contemporary indigeneity, using the glossy magazine format as both vehicle and critique. Gutierrez's complete authorship of every stage of production is central to the project's meaning, an assertion of sovereignty over her own image that counters the extractive gaze historically directed at indigenous and trans bodies. This page, drawn from the magazine's Masking spread, participates in that broader argument while standing fully on its own terms as a composed, visually compelling photographic work. The series has since been exhibited internationally, including at the 58th Venice Biennale, cementing Gutierrez's reputation as one of the most rigorous and inventive artists working at the intersection of identity, performance, and image-making today. This signed work is offered through the Human Rights Campaign Benefit Auction, making its acquisition an opportunity to support LGBTQ+ advocacy while adding a significant work from one of contemporary photography's most compelling voices to a collection.

Medium
C-print mounted on Sintra
Dimensions
sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Year
2018
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Human Rights Campaign Benefit Auction

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