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Object number2026.17

Arla Lucia

Artist (Chemehuevi, 1977)
Date2020
Mediumarchival pigment print on Epson Legacy Platine paper, 310 gsm with a cotton fiber base, semi-gloss finish
Dimensionssheet: 74 × 42 in. (188 × 106.7 cm)
Credit LineElisabeth Claire Lahti Fund
Label TextIn 1941, internationally renowned psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston (the polygraph’s inventor) with, what is now, DC Comics published the first Wonder Woman comic. Wonder Woman was created to be, as Marston stated, “psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who, I believe, should rule the world.” Since her introduction to the public, Wonder Woman’s adventures have occupied the imaginations of boys, girls, men, and women across comics, books,TV, and film screens. In Arla Lucia (Color), Cara Romero presents her vision of Wonder Woman as an Indigenous woman, gazing toward viewers confidently. The model, Arla Marquez (Seneca-Cayuga and Shoshone-Bannock & Blackfoot), wears the superheroine’s widely-recognizable shorts, corset, belt, gold bracelets and crown, and her “lasso of truth”. However, the artist and model have included more embellishments: beaded earrings, a beaded and shelled red, white, and blue necklace, moccasins, and a feather in Marquez's hair. In Romero’s hands, Arla Lucia (Color) is a beacon signaling the historical and current power of Indigenous women. [Label Text: For the People: America at 250 Exhibition, June 27 - October 4, 2026]

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