Snippet of exhibition at MACLA, Movimineto de Arte Y Cultura Latinoamericana California, USA 2000
Of Madonnas & the Intrigue of a Pair of Scissor
” In organizing this exhibition, I gravitated to the work of Bubu Alvarez and Al Preciado […] In this new work, they both address aspects of the feminine and I find it very intersting how each interprets this subject through their own gender experiences. […] Bubu Alvarez […] stripped down the canvases to bold colors and simple compositions which focus on a single object: scissors. […] her canvases seem to evoke female associations […] The scissors take on a character of woman in the yard tending to what is growing, pruning what is dead, cultivating the promise of beautiful blooms. Included in the exhibition is one sculpture piece which consists of an iron swing. The swing has broken scissors welded to the seat and is placed in a setting of Astroturf. Despite that her surroundings may be a synthetic yard, the yard includes a swing, a place where one can contemplate, a reference to childhood […]”
Pilar Agüero Esparza, Director of Visual Arts Programs 2000
MACLA, Movimiento de Arte y Culture Latinoamericana
Bubu Alvarez 