Adriana Chavez
Esperanza, 2014
Digital Photograph
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection
Gift of the artist, in honor of Esperanza Chavez. Dedicated to Rafael Chavez. Flower arrangement by Maria Trinidad Chavez Ruiz.
2022.09.001

Adriana Chavez often uses their performance practice to magnify members of their family to mythological proportions. With this photograph, they show us an arrangement of flowers at the funeral of their paternal grandmother, Esperanza Chavez.

Item description: A photograph in daytime of a large flower arrangement. On the far left is a bouquet composed of various flowers in pinks and whites. To its left, bundles of pink flowers spell out "MOM". Looming above the letters are two mossy hearts dotted by pink, purple, and larger white flowers. A patch of clouds and gravestones across a road are visible in the background.