Regina José Galindo
Walking together: for them and for us
La Manada (The pack). Produced by the Guatemalan cultural manager, Cristina Rodríguez.
Kneeling in the center of the room, with a light shining on her and dressed in black, Regina was surrounded by seven volunteer men. They, dressed in everyday clothes and trying to remain anonymous, unzipped themselves, taking out their penis and began to masturbate in the direction of Regina. As they ejaculated they left the room.
It is performance as a reference to the 18-year-old girl raped after a long night in San Fermín. Regina states, “I am passive and neutral. There is no violence of any kind. The light shines on me and leaves them in the shade”. It doesn't matter if it was only two out of seven. They were enough for us to lose our attention and empathy for the girl who was being desecrated. The kneeling woman receives the semen and the frustration.
Regina José Galindo (Guatemala, 1974)
Visual artist and poet, whose main medium is performance. Galindo lives and works in Guatemala. Using her own context as a starting point to explore and accuse the ethical implication of social violence and injustices related to gender and racial discrimination, as well as human rights abuses arising from the endemic inequalities in power relations of contemporary societies.
Galindo received the Golden Lion for Best young artist in the 51st Biennial of Venice for her work Quién puede borrar las huellas and Himenosplastia, two crucial pieces of her work.
BIO
She has participated in events such as the 54, 53, 51 and 49th Venice Biennale. XI International Biennial of Cuenca. 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts of Ljubljana. The Sharjah Biennial. Pontevedra Biennial 2010. 17th Biennale of Sydney. II Moscow Biennale. First Auckland Triennial. Venice-Istanbul. First Biennial of Art and Architecture Canary Islands. IV Bienal de Valencia. Third Biennial of Albania. Prague Biennale II. Third Biennial of Lima.
Galindo received the Golden Lion at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, in the young artist category for her work Who can erase the traces and Hymenoplasty. In 2011 receives the Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands for her ability to transform personal anger and injustice into powerful public events that require a response that disrupts the ignorance and complacency to approach the experience of others.
In 2011 also wins the grand prize at the 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana. In 2010 the first prize in Juannio Guatemala. In 2007 the first prize in the V edition of Imagen Inquieta Madco, Costa Rica. She has received residencies as Trebecise Casttle, Cz., In Paris with space LePlateau, in San Antonio Texas with ArtPace and a grant for projects from CIFO Miami.
Galindo is also a poet. In 1998 she received the Award for Poetry from Myrna Mack Foundation. Her texts are part of several anthologies and magazines, and in 1996 Coloquia Foundation published his book Personal e Intransmisible.
Her work is part of collections such as Centre Pompidou. Guggenheim’s Collection. Tate Modern. Essex. Pricenton Universtity. MEIAC, Spain. Fondazione Teseco. Pisa, Italy. Fondazione Galleria Civica, Trento, Italy. MMKA, Budapest, Hungary. Counseling of Murcia, Spain. Foundation Mallorca, Spain. Rivoli Museum of Torino, Italy. Daros Foundation, Switzerland. Blanton Museum, Texas. The Gaia Collection. UBS Art Collection. Miami Art Museum. Fountanal Cisneros. Museum of Contemporary Art in Costa Rica, Madco
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