Courtesy of Andrea Aragón
Guatemala, 2008
Installation of twenty wedding gowns borrowed from women in Guatemala of
different ages and backgrounds, no matter their current marital status
Dimensions variable
This installation was an invitation by the Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala to accompany the traveling exhibition Suite Sweet Love by the Spanish collective k.b.zonas.
The wedding gowns were collected through an open call to friends and contacts in Guatemala. Each wedding gown included a label with the initial of the name of the women, the number of years in marriage, and her current status (married, separated, divorced, widow).
This exhibition explores concepts of nostalgia and the passage of time that these dresses represent. Specially to associate these dresses as witnesses of not only the happiness but also the difficulties that are lived in a marriage, the possibility that it may not be forever, and the emotional and sentimental burden it may represent.
Quiñones Otal, Emilia. “¿Cómo enfrentar la violencia en un territorio que vive de ello?” in the thesis “Transversalidad entre Violencia Patriarcal y Violencia Colonial: en las Artes Visuales de México, América Central y el Caribe Español.” Universitat de Valencia, 2014, pp 377-385
Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,
XI Festival del Centro Histórico, Casa Ibargüen, Guatemala City, Guatemala
August 7–24, 2008
Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable
Special Thanks for all their support to:
–k.b.zonas: Belén and Noni
–CCE/G: Pilar, Matxalen and Jorge
–Installation at Casa Ibargüen: David Urbina, Andrea Aragón, and Rosina Cazali
–Installation at Casa No’J: Staff
–Installation at espacio ce!: Rebeca, Cristina, Laura
Special Thank You to the ALL the Women who made this exhibition possible
by lending their wedding gowns:
Angelica, Alejandra, Cariño, Paulina, Patricia, Gabriela, Sandra y Cristina,
Carmen Lucía, Diana, Lourdes, Gaby, Paola, Leonora, Celeste, Lourdes,
Ursula, Lucía, MeyLynn, and Karina
Transgresiones: Mujeres que cuestionan,
Fundación ArtNexus (Online)
September 2–November 15, 2020
Curators: Celia Sredni de Birbragher and Natalia Espinel
Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable
Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio
Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video
57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio
Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video
1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio
Bittersweet
Set of 2 porcelain teacups and saucers broken and glued back together
Dimensions variable
Valentía y coraje (Courage and Bravery)
Red high-heel shoes, cord and tempera
Dimensions variable (Shoes: 9.5” x 5.5” x 5.5” | 24 x 14 x 14 cms)
Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Plenty)
White mens handkerchief and red lipstick
14.5 x 14.5 each | 37 x 37 cms
Courtesy of Matxalen Díez Vivanco, CCE/G
Courtesy of Casa No’j
Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,
Traveling to Casa No’j, Xela, Guatemala
September 6–30, 2008
Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala
Special Thanks to Casa No’J for all their support
Courtesy of Andrea Aragón | Wedding of Manuel and Ana Lilian
Courtesy of espacio ce!
Suite Sweet Love—k.b.zonas,
Traveling to espacio ce!, Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en La Antigua, Guatemala
November 15–30, 2008
Recuerdo de nuestra boda (Memories of Our Wedding)
Installation of twenty wedding gowns
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala
Special Thanks to Rebeca, Cristina and Laura at espacio ce! for all their support