Biography: “Liz Flores is a painter and muralist based in Chicago. She is deeply influenced by the everyday human experience, storytelling, and the female body. Working primarily with acrylic paint on canvas, her work is a representation of the human condition through lines, shapes, and abstract figures. It’s a reaction to life, an emotion, or a memory and is driven by her interests in community, womanhood, and Latinidad. While the women in her paintings are influenced by her experiences, they remain ambiguous in face and form, giving the viewer the opportunity to see themselves. ” (from the artist’s website)
Website: https://www.lizfloresart.com/
Date Acquired: September 1, 2023
Location Acquired: A Very Serious Gallery, Chicago, IL
Provenance: Elmhurst Art Museum thence to A Very Serious Gallery and into the collection
Type: Oil pastel on paper
Size: 12 x 9 inches, 14.5 x 11.5 inches, framed
Description: This piece (one of 13 total and of 10 in the Mujeres collection, was included in the Picasso:Fifty Years Later exhibit held September 9th, 2023 – January 7th, 2024 at the Elmhurst Art Museum. The three-part exhibition included works by Picasso and his contemporaries such as Alexander Archipenko, Wifredo Lam, Fernand Léger, and Joan Miró; a gallery dedicated to the demanding process of Picasso’s printmaking; and a presentation of contemporary figurative artists today: Laura Berger, Liz Flores, Richard Hull, Leasho Johnson, and José Lerma.
Personal Connection: None. I had been following Liz on Instagram and had purchased several of her prints, and jumped at the chance to not only buy an original, but one that had hung in a museum show.
Other Liz Flores pieces in the collection:
- Liz Flores, Playing with the Past, 2020
- Liz Flores, The Jaunt #085, 2022
- Liz Flores, Florecita, 2023
- Liz Flores, Tell Me More, 2023
For a full list of the Chicago area Artists in the collection, by decade, please head over to the Chicago Area Artwork in the Collection page.
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