Monica Martinez-Diaz deals with death through digital collage
You can’t go home again, but that doesn’t stop artist Maria Martinez-Diaz from trying. A native of Juarez, she’s always considered the city her muse. According to her, “people from Juarez are artists. They notice the little details because they need to.” In previous work, Martinez-Diaz has used the city’s imagery to rage against machines, to spotlight unexpected beauty, to protest unnecessary violence.
It’s about the roots Martinez-Diaz reevaluated after her grandfather’s passing in 2021. A monument to him and to her familial ties in general, her digitally collaged photography offers deeply recognizable glimpses of mourning. The small moments, the inherent beauty in objects, the sudden shift of emotional landscape. Her photos are intricately layered within each individual piece and within the overall display, as layered as the grieving process, as layered as the branches in family trees.
Martinez-Diaz continues that style on another wall, where bright heirloom handkerchiefs rim photos of the sky. Where the doilies are monochrome, the bright colors of the hankies pop with acceptance in sorrow. Color has seeped into life again, as time passes. Sky motifs happen frequently in her work, particularly effective in. Due to COVID, Martinez-Diaz was mostly separated from her family while her grandfather was dying. She asked family members to take pictures of the sky in the evening hours.
“A Trajectory of Grief” invites you to carefully sift through scenes left in the wake of loss. See the universal emotions between each silhouette and blur. Just as the skies and objects in her pieces connect Martinez-Diaz to her family, those common traits connect the viewer to her. It’s like walking through a cemetery holding hands, a reassuring presence beside your tragedies. It’s a voice saying you are not alone, because you are here with me, and I will hold this with you.
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