From left to right  
 
Tania Candiani (b. 1974, Mexico) 
 
Guadalajara, México. 9 de marzo 2021.  
Marcha del 8M. II de la serie Manifestantes, 2022 
Cotton thread sewn on cotton canvas, high-density acrylic paint, and acrylic sealer 

Manila, Filipinas, 23 de febrero 2018.  
Marcha para frenar la cultura de la violación, de la serie Manifestantes, 2022 
Cotton thread sewn on cotton canvas, high-density acrylic paint, and acrylic sealer 
 
These two works are part of the Manifestantes series, which begun in 2019, during feminist protests in Mexico referred to as the “glitter revolution,” when thousands of women marched against targeted violence of women, initially provoked by reports of the rape a teenage girl by the police. The artist creates portraits of protestors using thread on cotton fabric, based on images taken from social media. Red fabric and paint with white thread is used for portraits of individual women protestors and black for group portraits. Candiani describes her use of sewing as a gesture toward amplifying these representations and the outrage of these women, a form of “drawing out loud.” With the site of each specific protest identified in the titles the works, the artist’s project has grown to include feminist protests currently taking place across the world.