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FIRELEI BÁEZ, Another way of naming the body (The feel of a problem), 2016
FIRELEI BÁEZ, Another way of naming the body (The feel of a problem), 2016
FIRELEI BÁEZ, Another way of naming the body (The feel of a problem), 2016
FIRELEI BÁEZ, Another way of naming the body (The feel of a problem), 2016

Another way of naming the body (The feel of a problem), 2016

Gouache on paper
91 x 51 1/2 in
231.1 x 130.8 cm

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In her work, Firelei Báez often paints figuratively onto printed materials such as found maps, manuals, and travelogues, layering bodies over historical documents to imagine new possible modes of understanding...
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In her work, Firelei Báez often paints figuratively onto printed materials such as found maps, manuals, and travelogues, layering bodies over historical documents to imagine new possible modes of understanding inherited stories, in light of geopolitics. This work features a group of huddled, uniformed figures superimposed onto a painted reproduction of a found book’s index title page. The imagery is pulled from photographs of U.N. peacekeepers during ethnic cleansing in Eastern Europe, blended with images of U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti who brought about the cholera epidemic following the Haitian earthquake—drawing a parallel between both parties who, according to the artist, “further destabilized an already tenuous space.”
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Exhibitions

Firelei Báez: How To Slip Out Of Your Body Quietly, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL, September 15 - November 24, 2018
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