From Fernanda Liberti photographs of indigenous Brazilian culture, to José García Oliva’s participatory performances about migrant labour, London is home to a thriving community of artists from the Latin American diaspora. Ahead of V&A East’s first back2back live event, curator Rubén Salgado Pérez shares six contemporary Latinxvisual and performance artists you need to know.
Francisca Sosa López is a Venezuelan artist whose work explores the complex emotional and political issues surrounding her homeland, particularly the migration crisis. Her practice is deeply personal, focusing on themes of displacement, memory, and reconstruction through a range of mediums. These include abstract and figurative paintings as well as participatory projects like Pa’ estar guindando, mejor caer (Better to Fall Than to Be Left Hanging). In this project, she invites participants to create their own papier-mâché mango, a symbol of hope for all Venezuelans longing to plant the seeds of a stable future yet to come.
