Kira Dominguez Hultgren USA, b. 1980
In The Negative, 2020
Digital/hand-loomed fabric in cotton, wool, metallic, and linen yarns; t-shirt lashing; found framing and loom bars; pirns; brackets
115 x 89 x 10 in
292.1 x 226.1 x 25.4 cm
292.1 x 226.1 x 25.4 cm
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Working with digital archivist Hannah Abelbeck at the Palace of the Governors in New Mexico, she showed me an image of a glass negative of a Navajo weaver around 1876...
Working with digital archivist Hannah Abelbeck at the Palace of the Governors in New Mexico, she showed me an image of a glass negative of a Navajo weaver around 1876 at her loom weaving the number 001. When printed, these numbers invert to read 100. I contend that this image connects to a larger history of U.S. government-commissioned Navajo weavings celebrating the U.S. centennial. Through weaving in the negative of this image, I argue that the woven structure of these commissioned flags (diagonal joins in tapestry weaving, for example) offer communicative possibilities that can deconstruct narratives of U.S. colonization and assimilation.
Exhibitions
Eleanor Harwood Gallery, "Intrusions", Exhibition: January 11th - February 29th, 2020Nada House, Governor's Island, NY, May 8th- August 28th, 2021
Make Room, NADA House Governors Island, NYC, May , 2021 - August 14, 2021