

Body En Thrall, p122-123 from Indigenous Woman
2018
In "Body En Thrall, p122-123 from Indigenous Woman," Martine Gutierrez presents a diptych that operates as both intimate self-portrait and expansive cultural critique, drawn from her landmark 2018 artist's book that reappropriated the visual language of high-fashion magazines. Mounted on Dibond, the C-print carries the saturated precision of commercial photography while simultaneously subverting it, with Gutierrez performing every role in the production, from subject to stylist to photographer. The work engages with questions of Indigenous identity, gender fluidity, and the politics of representation, positioning the body as a site where colonial image-making is confronted, reclaimed, and transformed. The pairing of the two panels creates a rhythm of looking that mirrors the magazine spread from which it originates, inviting the viewer to consider how desire, visibility, and selfhood are constructed through the editorial gaze. As an edition of eight, the work occupies a meaningful place within Gutierrez's broader practice and within the collecting landscape for her generation. Her recognition has grown substantially since "Indigenous Woman" was first shown at RYAN LEE, and the project is now regarded as a defining achievement in contemporary photography concerned with identity and self-determination. The Dibond mounting ensures both archival durability and a sleek, gallery-ready presence that honors the work's engagement with the visual weight of print media. Collectors acquiring this diptych gain entry into one of the most conceptually rigorous bodies of work to emerge from American photography in recent years, a project that rewards sustained attention precisely because its pleasures and provocations are inseparable from each other.
- Medium
- C-Print mounted on Dibond (diptych)
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · RYAN LEE
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