Anoche by Moises Salazar Tlatenchi

Moises Salazar Tlatenchi 

Anoche, 2024

21 x 17 in.

Oil on Canvas, Glitter, Yarn

Starting Price: $2,000

About the Work

Using glitter, a material often stigmatized, I create depictions of queer and immigrant bodies. With my own likeness as template, I create faceless figures serving as a stand-in for any queer Latinx youth. The figures I paint are proudly defiant and glamorous. Inspired by fashion and drag culture, I use a myriad of embellishments, fabrics, textures combined with traditional Mexican craft techniques.

About the Artist

The duality of having the rights of a citizen but the vulnerability of undocumented parents influences not only my art, but the way I maneuver in the U.S. I am especially interested in using the iconography of these identities to create new visuals focused on queer and immigrant representation. Using glitter, a material often stigmatized, I create depictions of queer and immigrant bodies. With my own likeness as template, I create faceless figures serving as a stand-in for any queer Latinx youth. The figures I paint are proudly defiant and glamorous. Inspired by fashion and drag culture, I use a myriad of embellishments, fabrics, textures combined with traditional Mexican craft techniques. Through this process, the bodies I paint become immortalized to combat the erasure of these communities and transform that pain into healing and restorative energy.