Tatiana Parcero
“Memoirs of the Future”
September, 11 – October 30, 2010
Opening reception Saturday, September, 11, 7 – 10pm
Memoirs of the Future, new work by Tatiana Parcero, employs color photography that explores the body in ways that reference her past series’ in technique and investigates new themes of femininity, identity, and the choices offered by the future rather than the imposed histories of the past.
In order to place this body of work into context, the show features work that spans 15 years of Parcero’s career, allowing viewer’s a glimpse into her own personal histories. In early work, such as her Re-Invento series, Parcero projected images onto her naked body, which served as a tabula rasa. The images she chose were Pre-Columbian Aztec codices and maps of the New World during the Spanish conquest. These symbols referenced a shared, often violent, history that is inextricably linked to Parcero’s own ancestry as a Mexican. Embedded with layers of acetates, the images converge to mimic the various strata which shape one’s notion of identity.
In Fin y Principio, a later body of work, Parcero left behind the introverted seclusion of her studio and venture into the landscape to explore themes of nature and one’s connections to it. Completed while experiencing motherhood for the first time, Parcero focused on cycles. The work features symbolic objects such as eggs, seedlings, and nests, while exploring themes of protection, growth, and the fragility of life.
In Memoirs of the Future, Parcero once again looks inward, finding inspiration from Anaïs Nin. Nin was an independent woman who survived the prejudices of the 1920s, and who broke boundaries in women’s literature and poetry. Her texts and personal journals revealed a woman unafraid of self expression and her own sexual nature. The frames and details of each photograph in this new series are developed using several layers of overlapping forms that are inspired by Art Nouveau designs from the era of Nin. Each separate layer is superimposed onto the others, creating the sensation of depth and visual uncertainty. Tattoos are digitally drawn onto Parcero’s body, contemporizing the images, but also suggesting the involvement of a conscious choice. This show examines Parcero’s own exploration of self identity, and tracks ways in which she has effectively overcome obstacles in that quest. By mapping her body, Parcero has set her own course for the future.
-Britt Miazgowicz
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Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
3550 N Miami Ave – Miami, FL 33127
T 305 573 2700 – F 305 573 2722