Stillness #30
Primary
Laura Aguilar
(San Gabriel, California, 1959–Long Beach, California, 2018)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Place MadeSan Antonio, Texas, United States, North America
Date1999
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of The Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016, 2022.23
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object number2022.23
On View
Not on viewStillness #30 is part of a larger collection of nude self-portraits that explore Laura Aguilar’s embodied relationship to land. Posed in a crouched position and surrounded by branches in a field in San Antonio, Aguilar blends in, questioning the conflation of women’s bodies and landscapes. As a disabled, large-bodied, lesbian woman, she boldly asserts her presence in the work, challenging the historical photographic erasure and objectification of marginalized people.
