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Artworks
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American, b. 1949
Resistencia Yaqui, 1992Loom woven in three panels. Painted, mixed media. Linen, cotton, synthetic threads. Paper, textile paint, leather barbed wire72 x 46 in
182.9 x 116.8 cmFurther images
After visiting the Yaqui pueblos in Sonora, Mexico, Jimenez Underwood was struck by the tenacity and strength of their indigenous culture and began working on Resistencia Yaqui. Though the culture...After visiting the Yaqui pueblos in Sonora, Mexico, Jimenez Underwood was struck by the tenacity and strength of their indigenous culture and began working on Resistencia Yaqui. Though the culture continued to survive, it had come at the cost of unnecessary death which left its mark on the community, leaving it in a state of instability. This loom-woven piece contains dark and light sections, as well as two different weave structures, to signify the “balancing of movement, time, society, and how it shifts from one change to another.” The scale of this piece is also intentional. As a mid-size, or “human-size” piece, as the artist calls it, the artwork inherently challenges the viewer, demanding respect. A denial of Indigenous rights, though state political suppression, is at the heart of the artist's practice.Exhibitions
Ruiz-Healy Art at The Armory Show, New York, NY; curator: Candice Hopkins, 2023
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Threads from Border-landia, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, NY, 2022Publications
Laura E. Perez and Ann Marie Leimer, eds., Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2022
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