Members-Only Tour: Institute for Studies on Latin American Art
1–2pm
In honor of our exhibition Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar, Poster House has teamed up with the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) to offer our members a private tour of their latest two exhibitions, Magali Lara: Stitched to the Body and Diana Dowek: Uprising in the Mirror.
Tracing nearly two decades of work by pioneering Mexican artist, Magali Lara: Stitched to the Body brings together over fifty works from 1977 to 1995, highlighting the artist’s feminist and interdisciplinary approach across drawing, collage, painting, and artist books. Engaging themes of identity, memory, and the body. Lara’s introspective yet socially resonant works explore the intersections of intimacy and resistance, domesticity and desire. This first solo presentation of her work at ISLAA reaffirms Lara’s pivotal role in shaping feminist expression with Latin American contemporary art.
On view at the same time, Diana Dowek: Uprising in the Mirror features over twenty works by the artist, including paintings and sculpture alongside archival ephemera from the Diana Dowek archival collection, tracing a key period in the Argentine artist’s practice from 1967 to 1982. The works reflect Dowek’s powerful response to state-sanctioned violence during Argentina’s military dictatorship. A lifelong activist and unwavering ally to global human rights movements, Dowek painted stirring scenes of repression and resistance with cinematic precision. Her early works presented alongside letters and photographs underscore her role in a transnational network of politically engaged women artists. In the first solo presentation of her work in New York City, Dowek offers a timely reminder of how the past continues to haunt the political present.
Image: Image 1: Magali Lara, De lo amoroso, personal, confidencial, etcétera, 1982. Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)
This tour will take place at the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art, located at 142 Franklin St, New York, NY 10013. Space is limited!
Accessibility Note: As this event will be taking place off site, please let Poster House know in advance if you have any accessibility needs. Assistive listening devices, ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation, or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) are available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.