memory pop
By: Cristina Sanchez
Artist Statement: This piece depicts a scene of the vibrant El Caminito, Buenos Aires, from when I visited several years ago. My maternal grandfather was born in Buenos Aires in the 1930s, and moved to Galicia, Spain with his mother (a Galician) when he was an infant. He did not know much about his father, so I had searched for information on him at el Museum de la Inmigración. I was able to find a certificate of arrival from when my great grandfather immigrated from Galicia to Buenos Aires. I find that art can be a way to memorialize our personal and family histories, as integral components of our individual identity.
Cristina (she/they) is a mixed-media queer, neurodivergent artist based in New York. They rediscovered their love for art over the past year and now can’t live without it. Cristina is a speech pathologist by trade, loves tending to her community garden plot, playing with her quirky rabbits and feline friends, solo traveling around the world, and is a literary lover.IG