Nature Queen 94

Photograph

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HCC Permanent Art Collection

Name/Title

Nature Queen 94

Entry/Object ID

2022.8.4

Description

An image of a female figure looking at the viewer. She is behind a thin branch with a white feather and net headpiece, as well as blue hair flowing down across her shoulder.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Archival Inkjet Print

Collection

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz

Date made

2021

Location

Category

Campus Loan

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (b. 1973) Nature Queen 94, 2021 photography 30 x 45 in. Gift of the artist, 2022.8.4 Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz situates her body within a tropical southern landscape for her Nature Queen series, utilizing portraiture and performance to reclaim space for healing and serenity amidst the tumult of political instability and a worldwide pandemic. Visually echoing her Wig Variant sculptures, the artist wears wigs constructed with materials celebrating craft and the experience of women of color. The use of costuming, body language and gaze create an atmosphere of sanctuary and reflection, in which the artist appears radiant, powerful and at peace in her environment. This work of art is a part of the HCC Permanent Art Collection. The HCC Art Galleries, through their Campus Loan Outreach Program, seek to share original art by collecting a diversity of works for the education and enjoyment of the HCC Community.