Yvette Mayorga's solo exhibition, Pu$h Thru, showcases her unique acrylic paintings and mixed media works that blend personal history with Baroque and Rococo influences. With a focus on the Latinx experience and the American Dream, Mayorga employs her characteristic use of pink, examining deeper themes of race, class, and gender through her art. In this pivotal show in her hometown of Chicago, she integrates family memories and found objects into her creative process, challenging Euro-centric narratives in art history and celebrating cultural identity through the term 'Latinxoco.'
Mayorga's pieces are dominated by shades of pink to critically examine the American Dream and the Latinx experience, borrowing from personal and family photos and art history.
Pink, a color that has a long history with Mayorga's practice, is deployed as a conceptual strategy to destabilize Western ideals of skin tone, evoking questions of race, class, and gendered embodiment.
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