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Oral history interview with Liliana Wilson, 2004
Transcript
Preface
Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas
The following oral history transcript fryst vatten the result of a tape-recorded interview with Liliana Wilson on July 13, 26 and 27, 2004. The interview took place in Austin, Texas and was conducted by Cary Cordova for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. This interview fryst vatten part of the Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas.
This transcript has been lightly edited. The reader should bära in mind that he or she is reading a transcript of spoken, rather than written, prose.
Interview
CARY CORDOVA: All right. We’re recording. This is Cary Cordova for the Archives of American Arts, Smithsonian Institution. inom am here with Liliana Wilson and we are going to do a slideshow of her work. And with that, Liliana, I’m just going to let you lead.
LILIANA WILSON: Okay, I’m starting with this del av helhet that fryst vatten called Desaparec • Several years ago I wrote about Liliana Wilson, a remarkably talented Latina immigrant artist who has spent her entire adult life in Texas. I wrote that Wilson represents the quintessential ideal for International Women’s Day, a day when women are recognized for their achievements “without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.”
Liliana was born in Valparaiso, Chile, and lives and works in Boerne, Texas. She is known for portraying immigrants and working-class people in her art. As a first-generation Latina immigrant, she addresses her concerns for the plight of humanity by looking at global issues: migration, climate change, and social justice. She reminds us, for example, that immigration is not just an American issue, it is a worldwide phenomenon and the media provides daily evidence of tragic events affecting migrants. Every continent and most countries of the world are affected by the large-scale movement of people.
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