Forensic burial maps of cadavers after exhumation, studies #1-5 (2020) by Angel Lartigue

Mapas forenses de entierro de cadáveres después de la exhumación, estudios #1-5 (2020) por Angel Lartigue

 Pencil on 8.5 x 11 graph paper / Lápiz sobre papel cuadriculado de 8,5 x 11

Angel Lartigue Interview

Angel Lartigue, a portrait from the shoulders up, stares at the camera. She wears a black and gold choker and a single strap top, as well as various pieces of gold jewelry.

Angel Lartigue is a curatorial and artistic researcher born and raised in Houston Texas. Lartigue's work explores the relationship between the body and land through the use of "putrefaction" matter as raw material. This concentration has led her to experimenting with archaeological processes of decomposition into artworks, incorporating fungi, insects, and even odors captured during fieldwork, including research training in human remains recovery at Texas’ Forensic Anthropology Center, “body farm”, in 2018. Designer of 2017 label book, La ciencia avanza pero yo no is part of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Hirsch Library rare books collection. Recommended by Italian curator, Eugenio Viola, Lartigue was accepted as honorary research fellow to artistic laboratory, SymbioticA, part of the University of Western Australia Perth for 2020. Lartigue is a participant at the international conference Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science 2020 part of the University of Applied Arts Vienna Austria where she presented her first essay, Science At The Club: Putrefaction As An Artistic Medium. Lartigue has given lectures and exhibited at Station Museum of Contemporary Art (HTX), the University of Texas at Austin, The Latinx Project NYU, The Holocaust Museum Houston, USC Roski School of Art and Design, The Charla Fund part of the US Latinx Art Forum 2021 and awarded through The Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts for both 2021 and 2022.

Angel Lartigue es una investigadora curatorial y artístico nacido y criado en Houston Texas. El trabajo de Lartigue explora la relación entre el cuerpo y la tierra a través del uso de la materia de "putrefacción" como materia prima. Esta concentración la ha llevado a experimentar con procesos arqueológicos de descomposición en obras de arte, incorporando hongos, insectos e incluso olores capturados durante el trabajo de campo, incluida la capacitación en investigación en recuperación de restos humanos en el Centro de Antropología Forense de Texas, “body farm”, en 2018. Diseñadora del libro de etiquetas de 2017, La ciencia avanza pero yo no es parte de la colección de libros raros de la Biblioteca Hirsch del Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston. Recomendado por el curador italiano, Eugenio Viola, Lartigue fue aceptado como investigador honorario del laboratorio artístico SymbioticA, parte de la Universidad de Western Australia Perth para 2020. Lartigue participa en la conferencia internacional Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2020 parte de la Universidad de Artes Aplicadas de Viena, Austria, donde presentó su primer ensayo, Science At The Club: Putrefaction As An Artistic Medium. Lartigue ha dado conferencias y exhibido en el Station Museum of Contemporary Art (HTX), la Universidad de Texas en Austin, The Latinx Project NYU, The Holocaust Museum Houston, USC Roski School of Art and Design, The Charla Fund parte del US Latinx Art Forum 2021 y otorgado a través de la Fundación Andy Warhol para las Artes Visuales para 2021 y 2022.