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Esmeralda Velasquez
The inclusion of family dynamics, Hispanic culture, self-identity, societal beauty standards, disabilities, and minority economic disparities are running themes within the paintings. Esmeralda Velasquez is a visual artist with a BA in Art Practice and a Minor in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley. Their work combines traditional easel paintings and mixed media painting exploration. Their paintings are large-scale, colorful, concise, structured, and include still-lives derived from family photographs. Either from albums or self-taken images. The paintings have borderline illustrative qualities and realistic qualities combining 2D and 3D perspectives. Some pieces have more narrative-forward stories while others derive from observational studies. The pieces are meant to be life depictions because it questions the visuality of museum representations. Latinx work does not need to have certain symbols or perspectives for it to be considered hispanic work.
Why Still Lives?
The still life pieces are meant to be life depictions because it questions the visuality of museum representations when it comes to people of color. Latinx work does not need to have certain symbols or perspectives for it to be considered art from a hispanic. Striving to create work that is truly representative to the artist and internally also reflects their community and the raza. Emphasizing that people are all the same and different at the same time and that, should be celebrated not categorized. Although the artist primarily focuses in oil paint she also delves into multi media projects such as print making or photography to reach the intended vision.
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