anaida hernández

ANAIDA HERNÁNDEZ  Anaida Hernandez is a contemporary multimedia artist. Primary medium sculpture and painting.  Born and raised in Puerto Rico,                  Anaida's work is characterized by addressing human rights issues: femi cide, migration, environment, identity and coloniality.  Anaida Hernández's research-based practice investigates the intersections of history, material culture and politics through a wide range of media that include painting, sculpture, printmaking, installations and documentaries, among others. Anaida is  considered by art critics as one of the pioneers in addressing the issue of violence  against women  in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American art. 1 Until death do us part, 1994,   is a memorial installation, an icon of Hernández's work where the artist reminds us of the femicides in Puerto Rico, when Law 54 on Domestic Violence was signed in 1989.  Anaida cons...

Detalle Peticiones - mural-, 2012.  Museo de Las America, San Juan, Puerto Rico VIDEO ART, SCIENCE and BRAIN TWO REVIEW by Laura Bravo and Milly Gill                                                                                                                ARTIST STATMENT   Investigaciones científicas resientes han demostrado la relación  intima  que existe entre la imaginación y la realidad.  Experimentos realizados por neurocientíficos nos informan, a través de imágenes de resonancia electromagnética, que cuando un individuo observa determinado objeto aparece actividad cerebral, pero cuando el mismo sujeto cierra los ojos y lo imagina, la activ...