moma:Studio Visit: Firelei Báez“…how do you make someone present when history has made such an effor
moma:Studio Visit: Firelei Báez“…how do you make someone present when history has made such an effort to erase them?… I want there to be room for the viewer to recreate her in the present along with me. That’s why the only fixed point in each portrait is their direct gaze, connecting them to the viewer.”Artist Firelei Báez’s work “For Améthyste and Athénaire (Exiled Muses Beyond Jean Luc Nancy’s Canon), Anaconas” is our newest Modern Window installation, located at the Museum’s 53rd Street entrance. Read more about her work to reclaim the stories of marginalized Afro-Latina and Afro-Caribbean women.…Photo: Rose Liu -- source link