User:Sarayonke/gap analysis

Gap analysis

 * What is the title of the article in which you identified a gap. If no article exists at all, what should the title be?

Jessica Lagunas


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Jessica Lagunas is a Guatemalan feminist artist. She was born in South America, but was raised in Guatemala. She currently works out of New York City. She uses mediums such as installations, video performances and objects to convey her beliefs and opinions. Lagunas’ art is about her concern of the condition of women in modern culture. Her art depicts societal beauty expectations of women, just blown out of proportion, such as lots and lots of makeup on or removing the majority of her pubic hair. I found this gap by looking on the Brooklyn Museum’s Feminist Art Base page. I looked through the artists on the page, and Jessica Lagunas’ art really stood out to me. The message is not as subtle as some of the other artists, but it still makes a powerful statement. Jessica Lagunas does not even have her own Wikipedia page, but she is mentioned in the page concerning Guatemalan female artists, with the main focus on Sandra Monterosso. This gap limits knowledge because Lagunas’ art is very crucial in the current feminist movement, focusing on the unrealistic societal expectations of women. Jessica Lagunas also is a multiracial artist, so her art pieces focus on inequality between races too, not just between genders. Her art challenges what society considers normal expectations of women by morphing these norms into something that is grotesque and over-exaggerated. She also produces art using non-traditional materials, such as her own hair. Jessica Lagunas brings attention to injustices and inequalities between races and sexes, making her art extremely important to the feminist movement.


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Jessica Laguna was born in Nicaragua in 1971 and she was raised in Guatemala. She studied graphic design at Universidad Rafael LandAvar. She began doing art concerning the condition of women in modern society. Jessica Lagunas work is conveyed through mediums such as installations, collages, video-performances, drawing, embroidery and objects. She uses a minimum amount of elements in her works, such as a piece of her own hair in her embroidery. Lagunas uses repetitive movements in her works to emphasize her point, for example, reapplying black mascara or red nail polish over and over for a full hour. She challenges the relationships with subjects that are not considered socially acceptable to talk about, including menstruation and the seductive power of makeup. Jessica Lagunas has been involved with many biennials, including Cuenca Biennial, which took place in Ecuador in 2001, and the Caribbean Biennial, in Guatemala in 2008. Her work has also been presented in the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2006. Lagunas is also the recipient of the NoMMA Grant Program for Individual Artists. She is also a member of the Xochipilli Aztec dance group, who perform the traditional Mexican dances. Lagunas work has a focus on gender and racial inequalities. She also creates work that is meant to bring attention to violence against women, especially in Guatemala. Her works have been presented transnationally, in countries such as the United States, Guatemala, Venezuela and Italy. Jessica Lagunas moved to New York City in 2001, and that is where she currently resides and works from.


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