“Pulso” showcases the work of Guadalupe Reyna and Marianna Angel, two artists whose practices explore the connections between personal memory, bodily autonomy, and societal expectations.
Guadalupe Reyna examines the societal structures that influence and control perceptions of the female body. By using the body as both subject and medium, she reflects on the hypersexualization and objectification of all bodies, inviting us to reconsider how femininity is understood beyond social conventions. Her use of gestures and postures raises questions about why certain expressions are viewed as sexual, shedding light on the systemic violence and oppression that stem from patriarchal norms. For Reyna, painting becomes a form of resistance, offering a space to reclaim bodily autonomy.
Marianna Angel’s work, in turn, navigates the deeply emotional realms of love, loss, and fractured identity. Her pieces carry a sense of longing as she weaves together memories and personal reflections, channeling the tension between heartache and self-expression. Angel’s work creates a fluid space where moments of the past are suspended, bound by words and images that evoke the emotional weight of relationships and experiences.
Together, these artists open up a dialogue about the ways in which identity, sexuality, and the body are shaped and remembered. Their work encourages us to reflect on the interplay between the personal and the collective, the intimate and the public, offering new perspectives on our relationships with memory, desire, and power.
About the Artists:
Marianna Angel (b. 1995) is a miami-based visual artist, musician and writer. Her range of mediums intersect at multiple points, in collage, performance and quilting. Angel depicts intimate gazes into herself and glimpses into memories that are fleeting but resonate within. By employing devices of self portraiture, she creates a timeline of moments in suspension. Photography is at the core of her practice which is inherently a voyeuristic medium. By presenting herself as the artist and the subject, she is re-articulating the exhibitionist quality of being photographed. Angel is still present in her non figurative work. The products of her practice are cataloged diary entries. Angel explores ideas of domesticity and the self.
Guadalupe Reyna is an Argentine visual artist based in Miami, experimenticia with color and praising in a series of works that explore the body, eroticism, pleasure, and strength. Reyna is also the founder of @reynart.art an educational artistic movement that promotes creativity as a tool for the physical and emotional development of children. Nature serves as her greatest source of inspiration.
