Explore – Martine Gutierrez: Half-Breed

Martine Gutierrez’s inaugural show at the gallery presents a selection of work spanning the last four years. Acting as both subject and producer, Gutierrez explores the multiplicity and complexity of identity in a series of pop-influenced narrative scenes.

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Martine GutierrezIdentity Boots Ad, p99 from Indigenous Woman

2018

chromogenic print, 30-5/8 x 20-5/8 inches (framed) [77.8 x 52.4 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Martine GutierrezBody En Thrall, p116-117 from Indigenous Woman

2018

two chromogenic prints, 48-7/8 x 32-7/8 inches (each framed) [124.1 x 83.5 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Body En Thrall began as an editorial in Indigenous Woman, the single issue magazine Gutierrez created, working as her own muse, model, photographer, editor, and art director.

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Martine GutierrezNeo-Indeo, Cheek a Boom, p23 from Indigenous Woman

2018

chromogenic print, 54-7/8 x 36-7/8 inches (framed) [139.4 x 93.7 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Martine GutierrezDel’ Estrogen, p2-3 from Indigenous Woman

2018

two chromogenic prints, 30-5/8 x 20-5/8 inches (each framed) [77.8 x 52.4 cm], edition of 8

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In an ad from Indigenous Woman, a curvy glass bottle and nude form advertise “Del’ Estrogen,” an imagined perfume. The name of the scent references Delestrogen, a prescription medication used in hormone therapy.

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Martine GutierrezBody En Thrall, Blonde Bra

2020

chromogenic print, 91-3/8 x 61-3/8 inches (framed) [237.1 x 155.8 cm], edition of 2 + 1 AP

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Martine GutierrezNeo-Indeo, Cakchi Lana Caliente, p29 from Indigenous Woman

2018

chromogenic print, 54-7/8 x 36-7/8 inches (framed) [139.4 x 93.7 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Martine GutierrezNeo-Indeo, Glamour is a Heavy Burden, p36 from Indigenous Woman

2018

chromogenic print, 54-7/8 x 36-7/8 inches (framed) [139.4 x 93.7 cm], edition of 8

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In Neo-Indeo, a fashion editorial in Indigenous Woman, Gutierrez wears Indigenous textiles, some of which belonged to her Mayan grandparents, in a personal, multicultural version of high fashion.

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Martine GutierrezBody En Thrall, Blonde Watermelon

2020

chromogenic print, 48-7/8 x 32-7/8 inches (framed) [124.1 x 83.5 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Gutierrez has continued the series Body En Thrall beyond the pages of Indigenous Woman. In recent images, the artist embodies a character, now blonde, who acts alongside male and female mannequins to explore the limits of her own erotic power.

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Gutierrez has described the aesthetic of excess in Queer Rage, an editorial from Indigenous Woman, as an expression of her own adolescent frustration and fury.

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Martine GutierrezPlastics, Edith

2020

chromogenic print, 24-5/8 x 17-5/8 inches (framed) [62.6 x 44.8 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Martine GutierrezPlastics, Dahlia

2020

chromogenic print, 24-5/8 x 17-5/8 inches (framed) [62.6 x 44.8 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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In Plastics, Gutierrez pulls plastic wrap tightly over her face while wearing messy blonde wigs and contact lenses, holding her breath as she embodies a series of archetypes.

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Martine GutierrezBody En Thrall, Blonde Shoe

2020

chromogenic print, 48-7/8 x 32-7/8 inches (framed) [124.1 x 83.5 cm], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Gutierrez has described the style of Body En Thrall as “aesthetically closest to my voice.”

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Martine GutierrezNeo-Indeo, Plastico y Swag, p38-39 from Indigenous Woman

2018

two chromogenic prints, 54-7/8 x 36-7/8 inches [each framed], edition of 8 + 2 AP

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