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jacob✨
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Aguilar’s thoughtful meditations on her body & the world around her
A color photo of the sandy desert floor. A dry branch curves from the bottom left corner of the frame to the bottom right corner. Just above it, Aguilar’s elbow is bent in the opposite way, forming a “V” shape, mirroring the branch. She is lying on the floor nude, as suggested by her breast entering the frame on the left, though the rest of her body is unseen. A color self-portrait. In the foreground, a nude Aguilar is bent over such that all that is visible is her large ass & crack. In the background are two boulders with large cracks. The cracks in the stone align with Aguilar’s asscrack. A color self-portrait. In the foreground, a nude Aguilar sits on the sandy floor, facing away from the camera with her head bowed. Her body is large and slightly amorphous. In the background is a boulder shaped similarly to Aguilar’s hunched body. Some sparse desert shrubbery surround them. Museum plaque for “Grounded #108,” 2006 (1st photo), “Grounded #112,” 2006/2016 (not included in this photo set), “Untitled, Grounded series,” 2007/2016 (2nd photo), “Grounded #111,” 2006/2016 (3rd photo)
January 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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My personal favorite
A black-&-white self-portrait. It is a wide shot of a room with large open window. A nude Aguilar reclines in a chair perpendicular to the camera’s gaze, resting her feet on an ottoman. A fan perched on a stool blows air across her body. She holds an iced beverage. Museum plaque for “In Sandy’s Room,” 1989 “Aguilar’s first nude self-portrait, In Sandy’s Room, subverts both traditional & idealized notions of beauty in its approach to the body with what the artist termed a ‘relaxed acceptance.’ The depiction of her large, naked physique reclining in a chair & ottoman, with the windows open, drink in hand on a hot afternoon, functions as a personal yet feminist response to the images of women portrayed in fitness, clothing & glamour magazines.”
January 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Aguilar’s tribute to longtime friend Gil Cuadros, a favorite writer of mine
A black-&-white portrait of Cuadros. He looks straight at the camera expressionless. He has short hair and wears round glasses, a mustache & goatee, & a hoop on his left ear. He wears a white T-shirt with a dark sweater vest over. He has a watch on his left wrist & chain bracelet on his right. His hands are in his pockets & a plaid flannel shirt is tied around his waist. A small suitcase with ephemera. Some notable objects include: a photo of a dying Cuadros in bed; a small figurine of Barrel from The Nightmare Before Christmas; a small ceramic figurine of Budai; a human-shaped cookie cutter filled with a syringe and countless pills; and several pins, including those from ACT UP & Queer Nation. Museum plaque for “Gil Cuadros,” 1993 (1st photo) and “Gilbert’s Altar,” ca. 2001 (2nd photo) “Gil Cuadros (1962-1996), a well-known, gay Latino writer & poet, was one of Aguilar’s closest friends. Aguilar photographed Cuadros extensively from their early college days to his death at age 34 from AIDS. As young students, first at Schurr High School in Montebello, CA & later at East LA College, Aguilar & Cuadros discovered their emerging artistic voices while navigating their queer identities. The assemblage, Gilbert’s Altar, is Aguilar’s personal memorial to Cuadros, while CITY OF GOD (1994), Cuadros’ only published book, includes a tribute to Aguilar alongside other short stories & poems.”
January 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Arguably Aguilar’s most famous piece
Three black-&-white photographs, each with a black background. The left is of the US flag turned sideways. The middle is of Aguilar. The Mexican flag is wrapped over her head with the eagle across her face, while the US flag is worn around her waist like a skirt. A rope is wrapped around her neck, between her exposed breasts, around her interlocked arms like shackles, and around her legs. The right is of the Mexican flag turned sideways. Museum plaque for “Three Eagles Flying,” 1990 “Often examined through the lens of self-portraiture & hybrid cultural identity, this triptych also operates as a powerful form of political image-text. The ‘three eagles’ within the photograph are implicit—the Spanish word for eagle, águila, denotes the artist’s surname, while the national emblems of the US and Mexico are also referenced. With head wrapped & body bound, Aguilar establishes her own figure as a forceful political symbol to be contended with.”
January 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Rules about jury nullification:

Learn about it
Privately tell your friends & family about it
Don’t post about it (let us do that)
Don’t ever mention it if you get selected for jury duty
Don’t get yourself kicked off a jury - you are just a normal citizen fulfilling your duties!
Voting "Not Guilty": A Toolkit on Jury Nullification
Jury nullification is a term used to describe a situation when jurors decide to acquit a person of criminal charges even though the person on trial could technically be convicted based on the evidence...
beyondcourts.org
December 21, 2024 at 12:22 AM