115 - "Elote," J. Leigh Garcia, Value: $300

115

Title:  "Elote" Print

Artist:  J. Leigh Garcia

Media:  Reductive Woodcut Relief, Mulberry Paper

Dimensions:  16.5" x 20.5"

Value:  $ 300.00

“As a biracial Latina, a seventh-generation Texan of European descent on my mom’s side and granddaughter of Mexican immigrants on my dad’s, I have followed the roots of my own ancestry to shape my artistic practice. Major events in Texas history such as the Mexican-American War, Battle of the Alamo, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and Bracero Program have created a complex relationship between my two cultures: Texans and Mexicans. The residual racial discord that has resulted from these historical moments — particularly, the racialization and displacement of unauthorized Latinx immigrants — is both the context and focus of my work. Through printmaking, papermaking, and installation art, I encourage awareness of our current immigration and foreign affairs policies through the lens of my biracial cultural identity.”

J. Leigh Garcia’s recent work focused on her biracial identity (the artist is a seventh-generation Texan of European descent on her mom’s side and the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants on her dad’s) and her own familial history with immigration. This reductive relief woodcut depicts corn or maize, an important and symbolic representation of Central and South American culture.

J. Leigh Garcia is a print media and photography professor at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. She is an artist born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Garcia received her MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

https://www.jleighgarcia.com/

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