Elizabeth Sanchez
ELIZABETH SANCHEZ
Made Out of People 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
From a young age, Sanchez learned that she was “made out of people.” Great-grandma’s ears, dad’s eyes and nose, and Grandpa Matais’s thumb. We all have physical characteristics and personality traits that we inherit from our family members. What characteristics do you share with your family? Are they a part of us, or us a part of them?
Made Out of People 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
From a young age, Sanchez learned that she was “made out of people.” Great-grandma’s ears, dad’s eyes and nose, and Grandpa Matais’s thumb. We all have physical characteristics and personality traits that we inherit from our family members. What characteristics do you share with your family? Are they a part of us, or us a part of them?
ELIZABETH SANCHEZ
Mental Fog 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
In times of uncertainty we cling to what we know to help us keep our heads above water. The experiences of our past—where we have lived, the people we have met, the things we have endured— can guide us forward when we may have forgotten the way.
How can your past help guide you? What have you learned to help you remember who you are and where you’re going?
Mental Fog 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
In times of uncertainty we cling to what we know to help us keep our heads above water. The experiences of our past—where we have lived, the people we have met, the things we have endured— can guide us forward when we may have forgotten the way.
How can your past help guide you? What have you learned to help you remember who you are and where you’re going?
ELIZABETH SANCHEZ
Pirated 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
Sanchez references a rough ocean in this painting with the swirl of blue fabric wrapped around her head. One night in casual conversation with her grandma, the artist learned the truth about where she came from. Her great-grandfather had actually been adopted by a … pirate! The news was disorienting and she felt “lost at sea.” The parts of her she had previously attributed to exotic ancestors were from a combination of different places. She is a pirate!
Have you ever received news that completely changed your life? How did you respond?
Pirated 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
Sanchez references a rough ocean in this painting with the swirl of blue fabric wrapped around her head. One night in casual conversation with her grandma, the artist learned the truth about where she came from. Her great-grandfather had actually been adopted by a … pirate! The news was disorienting and she felt “lost at sea.” The parts of her she had previously attributed to exotic ancestors were from a combination of different places. She is a pirate!
Have you ever received news that completely changed your life? How did you respond?
ELIZABETH SANCHEZ
"Then" (Homage to The Two Fridas) 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
Sanchez was born in Mexico and was heavily influenced by Mexican artists such as Frida Kahlo. She continued her art education here in the United States where the melding of two cultures continues to influence her art and identity. Sanchez’s painting is an homage to a 1939 painting by Kahlo titled, The Two Fridas where Kahlo portrays two versions of herself. One is dressed in modern European-style attire, the other in traditional Tehuana attire. There are many interpretations of this piece, one suggests this to be a representation of Kahlo’s dual heritage, German and Mestizo (Spanish and Native American). Both paintings explore the dual cultures of both artists.
What other symbols can you find in Sanchez’s work? What additional connections can you make between these two works?
"Then" (Homage to The Two Fridas) 2019
oil on board
Courtesy of the Artist
Sanchez was born in Mexico and was heavily influenced by Mexican artists such as Frida Kahlo. She continued her art education here in the United States where the melding of two cultures continues to influence her art and identity. Sanchez’s painting is an homage to a 1939 painting by Kahlo titled, The Two Fridas where Kahlo portrays two versions of herself. One is dressed in modern European-style attire, the other in traditional Tehuana attire. There are many interpretations of this piece, one suggests this to be a representation of Kahlo’s dual heritage, German and Mestizo (Spanish and Native American). Both paintings explore the dual cultures of both artists.
What other symbols can you find in Sanchez’s work? What additional connections can you make between these two works?