Embedded in the composition of this painting are the words that inspired the title of this exhibition: “I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn.” The photograph below shows the painting’s cut strips of canvas before Hurtado sewed them together.
Hurtado in front of Self Portrait in progress, 1973
Photo by Matt Mullican
Image

Tombstone
Oil on canvas and thread
© Luchita Hurtado
Image Credit
Photo: Jeff McLane/Hauser & Wirth