[Nettime-ro] lecture Monica Mayer, UNA Galeria, vineri 14 noiembrie, orele 17.00

[Olivia Niþiº <olivia_nitis@yahoo.com>]

FEMINIST ART IN MEXICO: A PERSONAL 
JOURNEY
Is feminist art relevant in today's 
globalized world?


Monica Mayer will share her experiences as a feminist 
artist over the past thirty years and discuss the social, political and 
aesthetic issues that have interested different generations of women artists. 
Monica Mayer is present in Romania by the courtesy of the Embassy 
of Mexico in Romania, for Perspective 2008 project, 
curator Olivia Niţiş. 

Mónica Mayer (Mexico City, 1954), studied 
visual arts at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in 
Mexico 
City and in 1980 obtained a masters degree in 
sociology of art at Goddard College while participating at the 
Feminist Studio Workshop in Los Angeles, California. 


A major area of Mayer’s work has been 
performance art. In 1983 she formed Polvo de Gallina Negra, 
the first feminist art group in Mexico with Maris Bustamante. The 
group presented performances in the media and different social 
interventions. Mayer also formed the group Tlacuilas y 
Retrateras, another feminist art group integrated by the participants in a 
two year workshop she gave to artists and art historians. Mayer has also 
performed on her own or with Victor Lerma in different festivals in 
Mexico and 
Japan, as well as presenting her 
work in museums. However, most of her performance pieces are social 
interventions designed specifically for each place and situation. Since 1989 she 
has participated in Pinto mi Raya with Victor Lerma, which is an on-going 
piece on the Mexican art system (www.pintomiraya.com.mx). She is co-director of 
the Pinto mi Raya archive, which specializes in contemporary Mexican art. 






      
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