Laura Aguilar

Clothed/Unclothed #14

1991

© The Laura Aguila Trust of 2016

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In Tate Modern

Performer and Participant: Performing Genders, Performing Selves (Room 5)

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Artist: Laura Aguilar 1959 – 2018
Medium: 2 photographs, gelatin silver prints on paper
Dimensions: Image: 482 × 383 mm
image: 480 × 380 mm
Collection: Lent by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of the Latin American Acquisitions Committee 2021
On long term loan
Reference: L04393

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Clothed/Unclothed #14 shows the academic Luz Calvo, first in jeans and shirt, and then naked with a sticker across their genitals stating ‘FUCK YOUR GENDER. QUEER NATION’. Queer Nation is an LGBTQIA+ activist organisation founded in 1990 in New York City, known for its confrontational tactics and slogans giving visibility to people identifying as queer. ‘Fuck your gender’ works both as a rallying cry against traditional gender roles and as a playful invitation to engage in queer encounters.

Gallery label, November 2022

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