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Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American, b. 1949
Mi Oro, Tu Amor, 1994Painted, wrapped, embroidered, stitched. Cotton canvas, silk fabric, barbed wire, gold wire, paint, corn, and bean kernels48 x 51 in
121.9 x 129.5 cmTranslating 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.
Exhibitions
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: One Nation Underground, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2022
Borderlines: The Art of Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, NY, 2015
Literature
Glasstire, December 14, 2022 (illustrated)
Publications
Laura E. Perez and Ann Marie Leimer, eds., Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2022, between pages 90-91 (illustrated)
