Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American, b. 1949
Virgen de los Nopales, 2005
Silkscreen on Coventry paper, stitched with cotton and synthetic threads
20 x 26 in
50.8 x 66.04 cm
50.8 x 66.04 cm
Edition of 72
The indigenous American nopales, a staple food for Jimenez Underwood growing up, are printed beneath long sections of barbed wire raining down on the desert scene. Though under intense fire,...
The indigenous American nopales, a staple food for Jimenez Underwood growing up, are printed beneath long sections of barbed wire raining down on the desert scene. Though under intense fire, the cactus is resilient, remaining intact and in place.
"The works examined in this essay celebrate Indigenous foodstuffs, plants native to the Americas, and when the artist elevates chili, chocolate, and nopal to the level of the sacred, these plants in all their mundane and symbolic power become aspects of the Goddess of the Americas." Anne Marie Leimer, “Garments for the Goddess of the Americas”, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision, Duke University Press, 2022
"The works examined in this essay celebrate Indigenous foodstuffs, plants native to the Americas, and when the artist elevates chili, chocolate, and nopal to the level of the sacred, these plants in all their mundane and symbolic power become aspects of the Goddess of the Americas." Anne Marie Leimer, “Garments for the Goddess of the Americas”, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision, Duke University Press, 2022