Gladys Triana: From the Female to the Infinite

The Art Museum at the University of Saint Joseph invites you to visit From the Female to the Infinite, one-half of the two-venue survey, GLADYS TRIANA: A PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT 1971 – 2021.

Gladys Triana is a Cuban-born, New York-based, multi-disciplinary artist whose work rebels against authoritarian rule and the oppression of hegemonies. For decades her immersive installations, sculptures, drawings, and paintings reflected two axes around which her life turned and her art was nourished: her condition of having lived since 1969 in exile from her native island, and her stubborn, continuous exploration of the ontology of women. Her more recent videos and photographs reveal her discovery of an abstract language for transcendence.

In West Hartford, almost 50 works in diverse media, spanning a half century, trace Triana’s path from work connected to women’s bodies and daily life, through her transition from the biographical and historical to the ultimate experience of spiritual freedom.

Curated by Aluna Curatorial Collective (Adriana Herrera and Willy Castellanos), this exhibition spans two venues, the Art Museum, USJ and the Fairfield University Art Museum, and is supported in part by Benjamin Ortiz and Victor Torchia, Jr. Additional support at the Art Museum USJ, is provided by the Karen L. Chase ’97 Fund.

The Museum is free and open to the public. Advance tickets are not required but are encouraged. Just reserve your day and you are welcome to come and stay as long as you like.

The Art Museum, USJ follows the University's COVID guidelines. Currently, proof of vaccination is not required and masking is optional.

Image Captions:

Top – Strange Figure, c. 1982. Carved wood, 20 1/2 x 6 x 7 inches. Courtesy of the artist. © Gladys Triana.

Bottom – Pyramid Format, 2004. Installation of sixty-four photographs overlaid with drawings on paper, mounted in wooden embroidery hoops, variable dimensions (each hoop 4 inches in diameter). Courtesy of the artist. © Gladys Triana.

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