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Oil on Canvas, 48” x 60″
During the pandemic, the artist worked on a series of paintings about Domestic Violence. This series of work tells the story of women and girls who were victims of domestic violence in a time when there was no escape because of lockdowns around the world. The pandemic has only exacerbated this issue. This most recent body of work is also a critique to the indifference of society around the world towards domestic violence, and the powerlessness experienced as a direct refute of the pandemic.
As a woman, mother, and daughter, Guajardo is extremely passionate about this issue. The statistics clearly show that gender-based violence is devastatingly on the rise. It occurs in every segment of society, regardless of class, ethnicity, culture, religion, during war or peace. The victim’s only crime is that she is female.