Maria A. Guzmán Capron
Un Escondite Para Nosotras, 2020

fabrics, thread, quilted blanket, plywood, spray paint and acrylic paint
66”H x 86”W x 3”D

ARTWORK STATEMENT:

Escondite para Nosotras is a quilted textile wall hanging, a shelter for two. It is a short story, a memory, and a prediction of two beings close to one another. One protects while the other stares back at us, the viewers, to question our role in their intimate moment. This work is made to remember closeness and touch and to invite people to take care of each other.

Artist Bio:

Maria Guzmán Capron (b. 1981 in Milan, Italy to Colombian and Peruvian parents) lives and works in Oakland, CA. She received an MFA from CCA in 2015. Selected exhibitions include Intersecting Selves at Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles; Snail Shell at pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA; Being Human Is Hard at pt.2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Female Trouble 2 at CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA; Body Spray at Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY; and Don’t Eat Me at Deli Gallery in Brooklyn, NYC.