(b. Morovis, Puerto Rico, 1967).
Rivera Marrero’s work examines historical architecture and its frequently colonial and patriarchal implications. As a Puerto Rican feminist, she engages sexual politics as well as mythological and religious symbolism. Her newest project, Carrucho (Queen Conch), investigates the meanings of the shell: armor, home, religious symbol, sexual metaphor, ubiquitous Puerto Rican animal, and Caribbean icon. Her most recent set of works in the Carrucho series, ELA, builds on these references. ELA refers to Puerto Rico’s political status, or "Estado Libre Asociado"–the irony of the "Free, Associated State." Rivera Marrero pictures the acronym as a palidromic pun on the Spanish male and female pronouns: "He" = EL (A), and "She" = (E) LA. This work, through the metaphor of the transvestite as model, presents the idea of "having it both ways"–sexually and politica
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