Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American, b. 1949
Mi Oro, Tu Amor, 1994
Painted, wrapped, embroidered, stitched. Cotton canvas, silk fabric, barbed wire, gold wire, paint, corn, and bean kernels
48 x 51 in
121.9 x 129.5 cm
121.9 x 129.5 cm
Translating to “my gold, your love,” the painted canvas delineates an early map of what in colonial times was called New Spain and was Mexico until 1848. Mexico is visible...
Translating to “my gold, your love,” the painted canvas delineates an early map of what in colonial times was called New Spain and was Mexico until 1848.
Mexico is visible but barred behind slats of barbed wire tightly wrapped with gold. Throughout the canvas, gold thread is embroidered to form a grid, bringing maps and, more acutely, the European plundering of the Americas to mind. Hidden and buried in this work, however, are beans and corn kernels, what Jimenez Underwood calls the “true gift” of the Americas.
Mexico is visible but barred behind slats of barbed wire tightly wrapped with gold. Throughout the canvas, gold thread is embroidered to form a grid, bringing maps and, more acutely, the European plundering of the Americas to mind. Hidden and buried in this work, however, are beans and corn kernels, what Jimenez Underwood calls the “true gift” of the Americas.
Literature
Laura E. Perez and Ann Marie Leimer, eds., Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2022), between 90-91.
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