Havana, 1977

The work of Liudmila López explores the female identity using the concept of the shoe, with which she plays in such a way that she shapes new discourses that open a debate on gender roles. Roland Barthes from his semiotic studies pointed out how the use of a certain type of press defines a way of thinking, a degree of eroticism, a character, etc. The shoe symbol par excellence is a sign of feminine sensuality, comfort, etc. It is an essential article, appreciated by all, which contributes to the clothing and identity of an individual, giving him or her security and connecting him or her to the earth. One of the artist's inspirations was the children's game known in Cuba as cuquitas, which consists of cutting out and dressing small paper dolls. A game that conditions a feminine attitude towards a world of fantasy, the possibility of selection and manual action, which makes us dream of princesses as children. It also orients a vocation and underlines the transcendence that the extreme image has for humans.

Liudmila López, an artist of Cuban origin, began her artistic training in 1992 when she studied at the Escuela Vocacional de Artes Plásticas in Santiago de Cuba. Later, in 1996, she furthered her training at the Escuela Profesional de Bellas Artes José Joaquín Tejada, also in Cuba. Member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, she had her first exhibition in 1996, entitled "Dos x Dos, with Mirlaydis Pineda. Oriente Gallery. Santiago de Cuba- and since then he has had more than 20 personal exhibitions in Spain, Greece and Cuba.

He has participated with his work in about a hundred group exhibitions in Mexico, United States, Spain, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Australia, Cuba, highlighting some of them as for example; Vivencias. Frida Kahlo Gallery. Havana, Cuba (1997), Lud López, recent work. Hotel Deauville. Collateral to the Seventh Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba (2000), Las palabras son Isla. Drawings. Fuentebaja Bookshop. Madrid, Spain (2001), H Cuba. Clisemo Gallery. Cuban Culture Week in Athens, (2004), Disobedience II. Cubaneando Gallery. Madrid, Spain (2007), Yemayáse Casa. Yemayá Cultural Centre. Madrid, Spain (2010) and Ascenso Empinado, Museo del Calzado. Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2019) among many others. He has also participated in several Contemporary Art fairs such as Artbo, or Estampa. He has been a juror in several events, curated exhibitions, and given lectures.