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Confessions of the Found Object

An Experimental Printmaking Workshop with Tamara Becerra Valdez

On February 16, 2019 Spring 2019 Curatorial Intern Wyatt Fiore attended Tamara Becerra Valdez’s printmaking workshop presented in conjunction with All have the same breath. Wyatt recounts their experience participating in the workshop and experiencing Valdez’ practice firsthand.

A large piece of white fabric is on top of a concrete sidewalk. A large wet patch on the sidewalk forms an organic pattern. Two hands enter the frame from the top. The hands are Tamara Becerra Valdez's. She is captured in the process of creating a print from an inscription in the sidewalk that reads,

Studio Visit with Tamara Becerra Valdez | March 14th, 2019

Tamara Becerra Valdez is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Chicago and a current MFA candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For the second in a series of two blog posts focused on her practice, Tamara met with Curatorial Intern Wyatt Fiore in her studio for a 40-minute interview leading up to her exhibition in the 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Now & There.

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Confessions of the Found Object

Studio Visit with Tamara Becerra Valdez | March 14th, 2019

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