Warped revolutions in plant and animal fiber with printed imagery from exhibition catalog Luz Jiménez, símbolo de un pueblo milenario 1897-1965 (México, D.F.: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, Mexic-Arte Museum, 2000), loom bars left in place, installed on swift and sawhorse or other plinth; objetos personales de lana de fieltro y telar.
39 x 60 x 39 in
99.1 x 152.4 x 99.1 cm
Dimensions variable
In a 2000 exhibition co-sponsored by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (Mexico) and the Mexic-Arte Museum (US), the significance of Luz Jiménez (1897-1965) on Mexican art was given international...
In a 2000 exhibition co-sponsored by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (Mexico) and the Mexic-Arte Museum (US), the significance of Luz Jiménez (1897-1965) on Mexican art was given international attention. Yet, despite this exhibition, her work as an artist remains unacknowledged. She continues to be seen as the “muse and model” for other artists, as stated in the 2000 exhibition title. Instead, how does Jiménez leverage this platform, the platform of model and muse, to create her own art practice of performing and preserving Mexican-Nahua indigeneity through weaving?
Luz Jiménez, Heroes Gallery, NYC, March 17 - April 23, 2022 To Carry Every Name but Your Own, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco CA, September 10 to October 22, 2022
Exhibitions
Headlands Center for the Arts, Graduate Fellows Exhibition, Marin, CA USA, To Carry Every Name but Your Own, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco CA, September 10 to October 22, 2022