Name/Title
Crowd, Gay and Lesbian Pride Rally, Diversey Parkway, Lincoln Park, ChicagoEntry/Object ID
2021.03eDescription
Group of people seated in a park for Chicago's 1980 pride parade.Context
Mexican-born artist and educator Diana Solís has lived in Chicago for the past 40 years where she pursued a career in photojournalism for various local newspapers and publications. The photographs in this series document Solís and her friends, as well as scenes from Pride parades and Gay and Lesbian rallies from 1970s to the 1990s. As a young Mexicana/Chicana photographer during this period, Solís’ life and work were very interconnected with the social and political struggles of the LGBTQ+ and women’s communities in Chicago. Solís has worked on a range of media including comics, illustration, painting, drawing, printmaking, and site-specific murals and installations, but only recently has she come back to photography with a series of works related to COVID in the neighborhood of Pilsen, Chicago.Acquisition
Accession
2021.03Source or Donor
Solís, DianaAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Courtesy of the artist