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Crowns
Crown I, 2019, crochet with wool and glue, 4†x 8†Crown II, 2019, crochet with wool and glue, 2†x 8" Hernandez Castrodad Collection -
Discretion Queen
2014, tampons, variable measures. -
Santa Huracana de la ley seca y el toque de queda de los últimos dÃas Amén
2017, chapas de lata de cerveza, medidas variables. -
Jevas
JEVAS, 2020, Composition book and ink, 9.75†x 7.5†-
To be a disaster, to be diaspora, to be a state, to be an island, to be Puerto Rican
Lilliam Nieves 14:28 2018For so many years, Puerto Rico continues to be a political dilemma for the United States and for Puerto Ricans themselves. It would be safe to assess that in the creative process of the diaspora the artwork as well as the literary work is marked by the experiences of those who are on the zone in between.
I want to find the homeland as a ritual, without detaching myself from being Puerto Rican, feeling like I am the diaspora, without being so. Being part of the United States without being (although on the island they believe they live in a state) part of it. Keep feeling the Caribbean even if it freezes my bones. -
Mortuary Cap Queen
Lilliam Nieves 2:35 2018We always celebrate our uniqueness, our transparency, and how developed we are; still, we live in a constant, accelerated rhythm of life with no apparent way to stop. We don't think anymore in our lives as a temple, a habitat... we are selfless. We cannot find ourselves in the garbage that swallowed our entire lives in part because our self individualism blinds the capacity to transcend, to be unified as a stronger society. Plastic, that useful material we depend on so much basically turn out to be a big problem. How could we control the ever growing volume of artificial waste? Our individualism is the reason. We are constantly celebrating our own death, we celebrate being plastic, being immortals, being beautiful as this plastic waste is a reflection of who we are.
My proposal is an ironic celebration of being immortalised in plastic, crowned by it following rituals from the past where coins were given or placed in the eyes for a safe travel, only this time is with plastic cups as well. -
Miss Tacos
Lilliam Nieves Time: 3:05 Minutes 2017 -
51 Millas
Lilliam Nieves Time: 3:50 Minutes 2018 -
Miss Tetas
2016 tablón de caoba y tinta 21†x 10 7/8†x 15/16†Private collection -
Reina hambre
2016 tablón de caoba y tinta 13 1/2†x 7 3/8†x 1 13/16" Private collection -
Queen and the City
2016 tablón de caoba y tinta 11 3/8†x 7 6/8†x 1 13/16†Private collection -
Dubi Queen
2016 tablón de caoba y tinta 14 3/16" x 8 1/16" x 1 7/8" Private collection -
Plastic Queen
2016 tablón de caoba y tinta 16 1/2†x 10 9/16†x 1 13/16†Private collection -
Beauty Queen III
2016 caoba rosa y tinta 3' x 3' x 1" Private collection -
Beauty Queen II
2016 caoba rosa y tinta 5' x 3' x 1†-
Iron Maiden
2016 Video Nuestro cuerpo es como un proyecto de escuela: nos cortamos, nos pegamos, borramos y eliminamos nuestra belleza. La transformación de nuestra imagen trastoca nuestra esencia, agonizamos en busca de nuestra propia identidad. Se propone un cuestionamiento del prototipo femenino y el consumo han creado rituales de belleza particulares, desmedidos e incomprensibles. -
Do You Love Me?
Lilliam Nieves Still 2010 -
Rain
Still
2010
After a shopping spree we have the obligation to clean our purses of the sometimes enormous quantity of receipts we own. Many of them we keep because of the evidence of its importance but other just go to the irremediably fate of the garbage can. The receipts are the witness of our own waste, our illusional needs, our profile and our life… this video is a portrait of my life. -
I Did it For You
Still
2010
Physical appearance is the most evident theme in beauty advertising campaigns. Women are the principal targets of the selling strategies in which ads allude to the female figure and refer to their legitimate desire.
These enormous attacks to the feminine psyche generate a series of counterpart behaviours like frustration, gratification, pleasure and suffering; these clearly influence a woman’s self-image.
Therefore, many women tend to do everything in their power to be “beautiful†and to comply with all sorts of impositions gathered from beauty stereotypes. -
Do You Hate Me
Still
2010
Its not possible to understand how difficult is the decisions to transformate yourself when it's not a priority. To becomes something else is a serious and complicate decision that involves cash and medical care. It may lead to split personalities because the idea of a perfect body is always subjected to what others try to impose; therefore looking for perfection turns into an obsession that may cause psychological problems that involve more serious medical expenses and health problems. On the other hand, an unnecessary trasnformación could be a form of abuse or masochism that ultimately alter our self-esteem, causing chaos around you with serious consequences.
One of the main challenges of this work was showing myself and my feelings on what beauty is perceived. -
Networking the Pleasure
Digital Photography on Sintra 2010 -
I did it for you
Digital Photography 2011 -
Everyone wants a piece of you
Photography 2010 -
Depression Intent
2009 C-Print -
A Little Help for my Lipo
Photo by Centro Curatorial La 15 -
El Hormiguero
Net Art 2008 -
- Calling All Active... All Active
- Calling all Active... All Active | Web Installation | 2008
- Calling all Active... All Active | Web Installation | 2008
- Calling all Active... All Active | Web Installation | 2008
- Calling All Active... All Active
- Calling All Active... All Active
- Calling All Active... All Active
- Calling All Active... All Active
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- callingallactive
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My Beautiful Place
Wood, ink 2007 -
Vaca Meteorica
15 x 30 in Acrylic on canvas 007 -
Dia-vete
Dia-vete 10 x 30 in Acrylic on canvas 2007 -
Ataque del Vacerpo
15 x 30 in Acrylic on canvas 2007 Private Collection -
a.e.ro.puer.to
15 x 30 inA rylic on canvas 2007 -
Enjambre
12 x 30 in Acrylic on canvas 2007 Private Collection. -
Alexis Figueroa Collection
12 x 30 in Acrylic on canvas 2007 Private Collection. -
MORAL
wood, ink variable measures 2001 -
El Hormiguero
The Storehouse Group Scope Miami 2008 -
Do You Love Me
Installation View | 2011 -
Chupamela
Installation | 2007 -
Sketchbook Project 2011
Sketchbook Project 2011 – The Brooklyn Art Library The Sketchbook Project Limited Edition Vol. 1 is a collaborative series of art books created by 5,000 artists from around the world.
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