Raquel Villar-Pérez is an independent art researcher, writer and curator whose practice focuses on de- and anti- colonial discourses within contemporary art from the Global Majority.
She is interested in the work of
women-identified image-makers who address notions of migration, transnational feminisms, social and environmental justice, and do so in original, expansive ways.
COMING UP
América Invertida, 1943, Joaquín Torres García.
Understanding Latin American Art in the UK
Supported by a Developing Your Creative Practice Grant by Arts Council England, I will spend the next few months working closely with artists, curators, and academics to gauge any interest in developing a framework of aesthetic theory, similar to ‘Latinx’ in the US or the ‘Black British Art Movement’ in the UK, which considers the specificities of Latin American migration in the UK, to help position this genre in the British and Latin American art ecosystems.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Family Reunion (detail), 2021.
Josèfa Ntjam
On Heroes, Authenticity, and the Power of Infiltration
Published on British Journal of Photography
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