Alma Lopez is a Los Angeles-based artist whose works frequently feature female Catholic saints as Chicana women with a gender twist. Her “Our Lady,” a rendition of the Virgin of Guadalupe as seminude Chicana boxer, prompted worldwide controversy when it was displayed in New Mexico in 2001. Her most recent show is “Queer Santas: Holy Violence,” on display at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. It features four female saints whose gender identity is unclear.
| Website | http://www.almalopez.com/ |
| Email address | almaloveslupe@gmail.com |
| Categories | Arts, Gender & sexuality, Society & culture |
| Locations | California, North America, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Catholicism, Christianity |
| Languages | English, Spanish |