28/06/1969

1.150

 

Artwork recalling Marsha P. Johnson’s smile, using mixed media and symbolic elements, celebrating identity and resilience (2023).

This painting is ready to hang and shipped stretched on a wooden frame. If preferred, you can request it to be shipped un-stretched as a rolled canvas.

About the collection
Size: 120 cm x 120 cm

A unique work of art accompanied by an “Olga Guarch Andreu” certificate of authenticity.
Photograph by Cristina Perez Rueda @perezrueda_.

28/06/1969 is a piece by Olga Guarch Andreu created from the memory of a Polaroid, capturing the radiant and confident smile of Marsha P. Johnson. Through a mixed media technique combining oil, marker, ornamentation, feathers, and gold leaf, the artist produces a work celebrating LGBTQ+ identity and resilience against social injustices.

The layers, textures, and color contrasts build a visual narrative evoking strength, hope, and joy while recalling the historical struggle of activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. The composition conveys the celebration of diversity and the fight for human rights.

28/06/1969 stands as a representation of Olga Guarch Andreu’s committed contemporary art, where the combination of materials and symbolism

Additional information

Date

October 2023

Material

Cotton canvas

Shipping method

Rolled, Wooden Frame

Sizes

120 cm x 120 cm

Technique

Mixed media: Oil, marker, ornamentation, feathers, gold leaf