Masking, Egg Mask, p56 from Indigenous Woman
2018
Martine Gutierrez's Masking, Egg Mask is a C print mounted on Sintra from the Indigenous Woman series that explores identity, representation, and cultural masking. The photograph employs staged imagery and symbolic objects to examine concepts of indigeneity and self presentation. Gutierrez's work interrogates how identities are constructed, performed, and perceived through visual culture. The series challenges conventional representations and invites critical examination of authenticity and appropriation.
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- C-print mounted on Sintra
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Room: Dining Room. Provenance: Ryan Lee Gallery, NYC
Collectors with works by Martine Gutierrez
Artists in conversation
Cindy Sherman
American · b. 1954
Sherman similarly uses staged self portraiture and elaborate costuming to interrogate constructed identity and representation, employing photography as a conceptual tool to examine how personas are performed and perceived through visual culture.
Zanele Muholi
South African · b. 1972
Muholi's photographic self portraits use symbolic objects, masking, and dramatic visual language to reclaim identity and challenge postcolonial representations, sharing Gutierrez's commitment to critical examination of authenticity and self presentation.
Yinka Shonibare
British Nigerian · b. 1962
Shonibare employs symbolic imagery and staged visual strategies to interrogate colonial narratives, cultural identity, and authenticity, engaging deeply with postcolonial critical practice in ways that closely parallel Gutierrez's conceptual and political concerns in this series.
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