The Rainbow Minute
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
“Contemporary Artist, Alma Lopez"
Born in Mexico in 1966 and raised in Los Angeles, Alma Lopez would become one of the most visible, cutting edge, Chicana activist artists in the U. S. Her paintings are often filled with vibrant colors and explore the traditions of Latina, lesbian visual culture.
Lopez gained notoriety in 2001 with her digital photo collage, “Our Lady,” which depicts the Virgin of Guadalupe dressed only in flowers and held aloft by a buxom, bare-breasted angel. Catholic protesters wanted the work censored, and held vigils against the photo. While the protesters viewed it sexually, Lopez says the image is about a strong woman with an attitude, wearing flowers.
In August, 2008, Lopez married Alicia Gaspar de Alba, making them one of the 18,000 legally wed gay and lesbian couples in California.
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