Vanguardismo developed as an avant-garde movement in 20th century Latin America, and in Mexico, it manifested in artist collectives and movements such as estridentismo and ¡30-30!. Within the movements, the construction of the artist’s public persona was an art in itself. However, most collectives excluded women. I looked to answer the question: How did Isabel Villaseñor construct a public persona for herself as a woman through her visual art in Post-Revolutionary Mexico alongside other male dominated vanguard movements?
This project was done with the support of the NU Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Undergraduate Franke Fellowship and the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Project link: https://humanities.northwestern.edu/about/people/franke-fellows/past-franke-fellows.html