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Patssi Valdez

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Xican-a.o.x. Body opens June 18th 2023 at The Cheech

Xican-a.o.x. Body opens June 18th 2023 at The Cheech Xican-a.o.x. Body opens June 18th 2023 at The Cheech

patssi valdez' Photography Statement

  In my primary photographic practice which spanned the years1972 - 1988 I have worked to present a contemporary vision of primarily Chicanx/Latinx subjects to break from constraining stereotypes and pushing the boundaries of the photographic medium to achieve this goal. I began photographing my Chicanx/Latinx friends as a way to challenge our erasure and stereotyping from the dominant racist society as well as to challenge the sexism within my own culture. The beginning of my photography was a personal focus on self-portraiture and portraiture. I was intent on developing an identity as a Chicana and as an artist that was empowered, unique, and glamorous, counter to everything I was told to be, docile, silent and invisible. I began this by doing performative self-portraits in photo booths and by making photocollages where I used drawing and written language to express my ideas. My portraiture from the 1970’s and 80’s focused on my friends in the underground club/Punk scene which also included non-Chicanx/Latinx people. I wanted to capture the beauty and uniqueness of my friends who were not visible in the mainstream and whom were seen as outsiders in the Chicanx/Latinx community because of how they dressed, their sexual orientation or unconventionality.  

Photography and photo collage 1979-1983

Victor and Cyclona

Black and white hand colored photograph on mural paper 

c. 1980

32 1/4”H x 46”W

AltaMed Art Collection 

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