London exhibition explores women’s bodies through family histories and ritual
Autograph in London is presenting three exhibitions focused on bodies, identity and inherited knowledge. The main show, *Our Bodies Have Been Bridges*, brings together photographs by Laura Aguilar, Koyoltzintli and Tarrah Krajnak, using personal and family histories to explore visibility, care and women’s experiences.
Aguilar’s desert self-portraits, made in the 1990s, show her large, queer Chicana body blending into or standing apart from the landscape, challenging its cultural invisibility. Koyoltzintli stages Andean family rituals and imagines an origin story of the first woman, while Krajnak alters media images from 1979 Peru to question how women’s bodies were represented amid political upheaval and armed conflict. The exhibition leads into a separate upstairs show by Charan Singh about Indian trans communities.
- Autograph brings together three artists in a show about bodies and inherited knowledge.
- Aguilar’s desert portraits explore visibility, rejection and belonging.
- Koyoltzintli and Krajnak revisit family histories and women’s representation.
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Autograph, a London gallery, is presenting exhibitions about bodies and identity. The main show brings together work by three photographers who explore women's experiences through personal and family histories, examining how women's bodies have been represented.
Laura Aguilar made self-portraits in desert landscapes during the 1990s, whilst Koyoltzintli stages family rituals and imagines origin stories, and Tarrah Krajnak alters media images from 1979 Peru to question representations during a period of political conflict. Each artist uses different approaches to address visibility and how women's bodies are depicted.
The exhibitions explore how identity and inherited knowledge are transmitted through family and cultural ritual. They connect to a separate upstairs show by Charan Singh on Indian trans communities, extending investigations of bodies and identity.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Our Bodies Have Been Bridges review – riveting portraits and the story of the first woman on Earth”.