Artist

Laura Aguilar

born San Gabriel, CA 1959-died Long Beach, CA 2018
Laura Aguilar, Nature Self-Portrait #11, 1996, gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, 2021.27.4, © 2016, Laura Aguilar Trust

Laura Aguilar, Nature Self-Portrait #11, 1996, gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, 2021.27.4, © 2016, Laura Aguilar Trust

Born
San Gabriel, California, United States
Died
Long Beach, California, United States

Exhibitions

The Protagonist of an Endless Story by Angel Rodríguez-Díaz
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
July 28, 2023–January 15, 2024
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Ideas about the American West, both in popular culture and in commonly accepted historical narratives, are often based on a past that never was, and fail to take into account important events that actually occurred.

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