Photograph
2019 (photographed), 2022 (printed), 1979 (photographed)
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Krajnak was born in Lima, Peru during a time of great political turmoil and social upheaval; though the artist only ever read about her country’s difficult history. Born as the result of sexual violation, Krajnak was orphaned as an infant, adopted by a North American multiracial couple, and only returned to Peru some thirty years later. Over the last 10 years, Krajnak has employed photographic and other artistic techniques to reinsert herself into her native Peru and explore her unresolved identity as an indigenous woman. Often incorporating historical reference points, Krajnak’s work challenges the known canon of photography and imaginatively explores the reclamation and agency of bodies of colour.
Object details
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| Brief description | Photograph by Tarrah Krajnak, 'Self Portrait as Nude Woman (Turned & Holding), 1979 Lima, Peru/2019 Los Angeles, CA', from the series 1979 Contact Negatives, 2019, cyanotype. |
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| Gallery label | Tarrah Krajnak was born in Peru in 1979 and adopted by an American family as a baby. In 2019 she staged a performance where she projected magazine images of Peru’s violent political upheaval of 1979 onto herself to make this series of self-portraits. Imaginatively ‘returning’ her body to her birthplace to explore her unresolved identity as an indigenous woman, these pictures make visible how personal and collective memory is constructed and archived.(16/02/2023) |
| Credit line | Purchase funded by the Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project |
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| Summary | Krajnak was born in Lima, Peru during a time of great political turmoil and social upheaval; though the artist only ever read about her country’s difficult history. Born as the result of sexual violation, Krajnak was orphaned as an infant, adopted by a North American multiracial couple, and only returned to Peru some thirty years later. Over the last 10 years, Krajnak has employed photographic and other artistic techniques to reinsert herself into her native Peru and explore her unresolved identity as an indigenous woman. Often incorporating historical reference points, Krajnak’s work challenges the known canon of photography and imaginatively explores the reclamation and agency of bodies of colour. |
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| Accession number | PH.141-2023 |
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| Record created | January 24, 2023 |
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