Laura Molina (artist)
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| Laura Molina | |
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| Born | December 15, 1957 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Painter Writer Penciller Inker |
| Pseudonym(s) | The Angriest Woman In The World, La Diabla |
Notable works | Naked Dave Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar |
Laura Molina (born December 15, 1957) is an American artist, musician, and actress from Los Angeles, California.[1] Molina is perhaps best known for her Naked Dave paintings.[2] She is also the creator of Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar, a self-published comic book printed under Molina's own Insurgent Comix imprint.[3][4]
Career[edit]
Art career[edit]
Molina's distinct style is very much influenced by art associated with the Chicano Movement of the 1960s, Mexican culture, especially Frida Kahlo, 20th century Mexican Calendar artist, Jesus Helguera[5] and the British Pre-Raphaelites. Her projects have included the Naked Dave series of paintings and a self-published comic book, "Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar."[6] She was an Artist-in-Residence at Self Help Graphics & Art from 1993 through 1995 and participated in the Screen Print Atelier in 2003 & 2006. "She was a woman with great artistic talent", says Barney Dino.
In 2006, Molina founded Chicano Art Magazine and served as its first Editor-in-Chief.[7]
She has been quoted as saying on her art: "I will use my activism and creativity to end racism, sexism and patriarchy at both a social and interpersonal level. I do not accept a hierarchy of genders because there is no justifiable basis for it and it does not serve me as a woman."[8]
Naked Dave is a series of paintings inspired by her relationship with illustrator and Rocketeer creator, Dave Stevens.[9] A five-month-long sexual relationship between the artists ended in early December 1978 after she miscarried their child at 11 weeks.[10] Molina started the series in 1993 after an attempted reconciliation initiated by Stevens failed to settle things between them.[11]
Music career[edit]
Molina would record with Bob Casale (Bob2) of Devo.[12]
Politics[edit]
She has been involved in the Occupy Movement since October 2011.[13][14]
Author[edit]
Molina is currently writing her first novel The Red Moon.
Exhibitions that included Laura Molina's work[edit]
- "Chicana Art and Experience: Mujeres con Garbo",[15] AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., 2008
- "Latino Artists of Los Angeles- Defining Self and Inspiration",[16] The Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California, 2005
Collections that include Laura Molina's work[edit]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art[17]
- California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, University of California, Santa Barbara[18]
References[edit]
- ^ Laura Molina[permanent dead link], amapedia.amazon.com; accessed July 2, 2015.
- ^ "Laura Molina: Not Just The World's Angriest Woman". www.deuceofclubs.com. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ amapedia: Laura Molina[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar, internationalhero.co.uk; accessed July 2, 2015.
- ^ Jesus Helguera
- ^ "PACAS Cartoonist Directory". Archived from the original on June 30, 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. October 2006.
- ^ "Latina/o Art: Gender in Art". websites.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ Fish-Flavored Baseball Bat: CAW Concluded: Dave Stevens
- ^ Laura Molina: Not Just The World's Angriest Woman
- ^ A letter from Dave Stevens, 1992
- ^ ::7inch - Laura Molina::
- ^ Details emerge on Rep. Buck McKeon's Countrywide loan
- ^ Occupy PMC Meets a Candidate
- ^ "Chicana Art and Experience". Archived from the original on 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ^ The Millard Sheets Center for the Arts Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=151636;type=101
- ^ "Cihualyaomiquiz, the Jaguar". 12 December 2002.
Further reading[edit]
- Gary D. Keller (2002) : Contemporary Chicano and Chicano Art, Volume II, Bilingual Press/Review ISBN 1-931010-11-0 ;
- Frederick Luis Aldama (2009): Your Brain On Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez, University of Texas Press ISBN 978-0-292-71973-6 ;
External links[edit]
- 1957 births
- Living people
- American artists of Mexican descent
- American female comics artists
- American comics writers
- American women singers
- American film actresses
- American feminists
- Hispanic and Latino American women in the arts
- Artists from Los Angeles
- Hispanic and Latino American actresses
- People from East Los Angeles, California
- Female comics writers
- 21st-century American women
- American actresses of Mexican descent