La Madrada, 2014, 5 ½” x 8 ¾,” hand mono print , signed, limited edition black and white print, (1-17), made in Barcelona.
Spring 2014 I was asked to participate in a show in NYC at the LeRoy Neiman Gallery. I went to Az to see my grandmother her last words to me were -- “you are my heart.” she was my best friend. I missed the opening to be with her. I left a couple of weeks later to go to El Bruc to install 7 minutes in heaven.
The original meaning of “VIRGIN” is “ a woman wholly unto herself.”
La Madrada appeared during transition and change. I was not prepared or welcoming, just mourning my previous safety and sense of self. I was losing the ways I was valued in the past. Then my grandmother died. La Madrada helped me discover new strength, flexibility, possibility and vulnerability.
“Il bat pour toi,” 14” x 19,” wool, leaves, thread, Fabriano Rosaspina paper. 2020
This Is Not About Race, 2013, 4.3” x 7,” canvas, thread.
I Am Not Sorry, 2013, 4.3” x 7,” canvas, thread.
Origin of The World, 2018, 11” x 14,” branch, fabric dolls.
Harriet Tubman famously referred to things in the present tense -- "My people are free." "We are free." This piece is a genuine retelling of America. A central part of the origin of the United States are black women.
Blackfishing, 2022, porcelain figure, paint, calcite, 10” x 10”
Photos by Tina K Lieberman
La Mia Vita, 2022, original drawing by Iris Escalante, stilbite , 10” x 10”
Photos by Tina K Lieberman
Spirito Santo, 2023, wood, photo, glass frames, 38” x 25” x 1”
See I want you: portraits of my mother for more information.
Photos by Tina K Lieberman
The part of me that lives in you, 2024, dried flowers, bamboo, wool tassels, 45 x 34 x 3
