Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)
Art Basel Parcours 2022
Basel, Switzerland
June 16 – 19, 2022
- The Art Newspaper, “Body politic: transgender artist brings her urgent work to the streets of Basel“ by Kabir Jhala
- iD, “The artist behind the first known public sculpture of a nude trans body“ by Donna Marcus
- ARTnews, “Artist Puppies Puppies to Recreate Ana Mendieta's Visceral ‘Rape‘ Performance at Art Basel“ by Sarah Douglas
Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), A sculpture for Trans Women A sculpture for the Non-Binary Femmes A sculpture for Two-Spirit People • I am a woman. I don’t care what you think • (Transphobia is everywhere and everyone is susceptible to enacting it at any moment) (Unlearn the transphobia brewing within) I am a Trans Women. I am a Two-Spirit Person. I am a Woman. This is for my sisters and siblings everywhere. History erased many of us but we are still here. I will fight for our rights until the day I die. Exile me and I’ll keep fighting, 2022
bronze cast on engraved brass pedestal
Photographs courtesy of Art Basel
