UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

Las Vegas, Nevada

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In Relation

West Gallery - On Site Exhibition
Esperanza by Adriana Chavez
Esperanza by Adriana Chavez Image: Adriana Chavez, Esperanza, Installation View, In Relation, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Documentation by Krystal Ramirez
Esperanza by Adriana Chavez Image: Installation image by Becca Schwartz/UNLV Creative Services.

Esperanza

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

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.

  • Created: 2014
  • Inventory Number: 2022.09.001
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