An exhibition featuring Anel Flores and eight other artists at the Mexican Cultural Institute highlights queer identity in South Texas.
I Am Home. A Retrospective of Anel I. Flores with Invited Artists in Queer Kinship.There might be no more appropriate word to describe artist and writer Anel Flores than “them.” Though the brush used to color Flores’ paintings might be held by a single hand, the artworks are the product of community.
When asked by the institute’s director Sergio Zapata to create a solo exhibition during Pride Month, Flores agreed on the condition that they could also curate an adjacent group show of queer artists in the upstairs gallery. The painted self-portrait depicts the unclothed torso of Flores, with a clearly defined close-cropped hairdo rendered in a thick, deep orange brushstroke.
To counter dominant political narratives against intercultural communities, trans bodies and degradation of the landscape, Flores depicted themself with a radiant smile, communing with the natural flora and fauna of South Texas, only subtly interrupted by unnatural elements such as silhouetted power lines and non-native palm trees.
Flores had been outed in their community in the early 2000s, which caused significant tension among close family. But Flores insisted that their mother, Norma Flores, attend the opening reception of their first solo exhibition in 2002 at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.
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