Regina José Galindo
| Regina José Galindo | |
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| Born | 1974 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Occupation | Performance artist |
| Website | |
| http://www.reginajosegalindo.com/ | |
Regina José Galindo (born 1974) is a Guatemalan performance artist who specializes in body art. She was born in Guatemala City.
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[edit] Performances
She first gave two performances in Guatemala in 1999, and gained international fame. One of her well-known acts include ¿Quién Puede Borrar las Huellas? (Translated: "Who Can Erase the Traces"), made in 2003, in which she walked from the Congress of Guatemala building to the National Palace, dipping her bare feet at intervals in a white basin full of human blood as a vigorous protest against the presidential candidacy of Guatemala’s former dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt.[1]
Another of her notable works was titled Perra (2005), in which she carved the Spanish word perra, or bitch, on her legs, in protest against violence against women.[2]
She frequently collaborates with other art performers, including compatriot Aníbal López.
[edit] Recognition
Galindo received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale in 2005, in the category of “artists under 30”, for her video Himenoplastia.[3] This work, nevertheless, got a particularly hostile reception during its first showing in Guatemala, in 2004. The controversial work depicted surgical reconstruction of the artist’s hymen.[4]
A book on Galindo’s performance work has been published in Italy (Vanilla Edizioni, 2006). Galindo is also a writer of poetry and narrative; in 1998 she received the Myrna Mack Foundation's Premio Unico de Poesía in Guatemala for Personal e intransmisible (Scripta Coloquia, 2000).
[edit] List of works
| Year | Performance | Location | Comment | |
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| 2011 | “ALARMA” | Banco de España Metro Station, Madrid, Spain | A Site–specific video installation by Regina José Galindo, commissioned by La Caja Blanca[5] for the tunnels adjacent to the vaults which protect Spain’s national gold reserves. | |
| 2007 | “Confesión” | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Inspired by waterboarding. Based on recently declassified CIA documents.[6]
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| 2006 | “Corona” | Plaza Central, Guatemala City | installation, conmemorating over 6040 killings during the Año de la Paz | |
| 2005 | “Perra” | Prometeo Galery, Milan, Italy | self-flagellation with a knife, carving the word "perra" into her skin, protesting the killing of women | |
| 2004 | “El Peso de la Sangre” | Plaza Central, Guatemala City | sitting under structure in plaza as a liter of blood emptied, drop by drop, over Galindo's head and clothes | |
| 2003 | “¿Quién puede borrar las huellas?” | Guatemala City | Galindo walked through the streets carrying a bowl of human blood, repeatedly stepping in the bowl to create bloody footprints | |
| 2001 | “Angelina” | Guatemala | during this work, Galindo spent one month dressed as a maid | |
| 2000 | “Sobremesa” | Guatemala City | performance/installation | |
| 1999 | “El cielo llora tanto que debería ser mujer” | Guatemala City and Madrid, Spain | ||
| “Lo voy a gritar al viento” | Guatemala City |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Regina José Galindo Francisco Goldman
- ^ Regina José Galindo Parvis.net
- ^ Women in the spotlight as Venice Biennale opens CBC
- ^ Regina José Galindo Mariana David
- ^ More information on the project "Alarma"
- ^ More information on the project "CONFESIÓN"
- ^ Link to video showing "CONFESIÓN" as it was installed at the Venice Biennial of 2009
- ^ Essay by Professor Julian Stallabrass, preface to "Confesión"
[edit] External links
- Official website (Spanish)
- Profile at Literatura Guatemalteca (Spanish)
- Article at Parvis.net
- BOMB Magazine article
- Projects by Regina José Galindo in Spain
- The Artist.org Entry of Galindo
- Artist listing at Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, the Italian gallery representing Regina José Galindo
