Minerva Cuevas: In Gods We Trust

Through the intervention of images and objects of daily consumption, Minerva Cuevas invites us to rethink the role corporations play in food production and the management of natural resources. Employing irony and humor, her work provokes reflection about the impact that local actions can have on the enforcement of fair labor practices and the redistribution of monetary flow. Cuevas’ practice encompasses a wide range of media, including painting, video, sculpture, photography and installation, through which she investigates the politics and power structures that underlie specific social and economic ties. In 2004, she was recipient of the Grant for Media Art of the Foundation of Lower Saxony at the Edith-Russ-Haus, among other recognitions. Cuevas lives and works in Mexico City.

Guiding editor and writer Yasmeen Siddiqui is the founding director of the nonprofit press, Minerva Projects, and a Communications Manager at the National Academy of Design. Her practice is an overarching commitment to testing perceptions of either specific artists or existing art movements through the synchronized interplay of writing and exhibition making. Siddiqui’s articles and essays are published by: Phaidon, Samsung Art Museum, Art Papers; Modern Painters, Flash Art, NKA, the Cairo Times, iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), and the Americas Society, among others. Her awards include from the Ucross Foundation, and her work with artists has been recognized by the New York based Independent Curators International and the Andy Warhol Foundation.