In the exhibition Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: Ninety-six and Pissed, the Library at MAF presents a selection of over thirty new drawings alongside the artist’s earlier iconic drawing Wonder Woman (2007) and a representative selection of her hand-built ceramic sculptures. Taking their cue from Wonder Woman, Suarez Frimkess’s rendition of the 2006 United States Postal Service stamp celebrating the comic book superheroine surrounded by a constellation of cartoon characters, her new drawings bring together a wide-ranging cast of “caracteres” (as she proclaims in Spanish in one of the works).

For Suarez Frimkess this isn’t simply her life’s work. The work is her life, and she has to work to live (“art is my life” she says). At ninety-six years old and cast into circumstances beyond her control, she has taken up colored pencils instead of clay in an attempt to graphically manifest her frustration and reassert control over her life. As she will tell you, she is ninety-six and pissed off, yet her work keeps her going and the drawings of her cherished characters are coming along with her on the ride to keep her company.