La expresión visual como práctica feminista decolonial en las pinturas de la artista afrocubana Harmonía Rosales

Visual Expression as a Decolonial Feminist Practice in the Paintings of Afro-Cuban Artist Harmonia Rosales

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Este ensayo profundiza en las técnicas, inspiraciones y simbología que rodean la obra de arte de Harmonia Rosales, una artista afrocubana conocida por su recreación de pinturas clásicas que representan a mujeres negras asumiendo roles de poder. A través de un análisis feminista decolonial de tres de sus pinturas, este ensayo intenta responder las siguientes preguntas de investigación: ¿de qué manera las expresiones de arte visual de Harmonía Rosales son herramientas efectivas para defender la justicia social? ¿Podemos concebir su arte visual como parte del legado del activismo afrodescendiente y las prácticas feministas decoloniales?.

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Rosita Scerbo, Georgia State University

Doctora en Estudios Visuales Chicanos y Latinoamericanos de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona. Profesora Asistente de Afro-Latinx Studies. 

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