



Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American, b. 1949
Inside the Rain Rebozo, 2017
Wire, linen, and miscellaneous threads. Cotton fabric
48 x 20.5 in
121.9 x 52.1 cm
121.9 x 52.1 cm
Further images
After a six year drought ended in Jimenez Underwood’s home state of California, she began this playful rebozo following the rain’s journey. At the top is a colorful depiction of...
After a six year drought ended in Jimenez Underwood’s home state of California, she began this playful rebozo following the rain’s journey. At the top is a colorful depiction of the heavens, similar to what can be found in Mother Rain Rebozo. Below, the rain falls in a rainbow of zig zags, mimicking sunshine hitting water and bringing the sound of wind chimes to mind. Inside the raindrops is a kaleidoscope of colors. The rain illuminates Californian terrain, transforming the land from dull to brilliant shades of pink, blue, green, and gold.
"Since 2010, Jimenez Underwood's primary way of signifying Mother has been in the form of the rebozo, a multipurpose garment of trans-cultural origins that is made, worn, and used (particularly but not solely) by Indigenous and mestiza women throughout the geography of colonial New Spain... As the artist attests, the rebozo, a humble woven garment associated with third world women–and with craft, and with basic necessity–is itself "infiltrated" into the gallery as a work of art...The rebozo is simultaneously pliable and portable, but also deceptively tough and resilient." Carmen Febles, "Reading our Mothers," Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Art: Weaving, Vision, Duke University Press, 2022
"Since 2010, Jimenez Underwood's primary way of signifying Mother has been in the form of the rebozo, a multipurpose garment of trans-cultural origins that is made, worn, and used (particularly but not solely) by Indigenous and mestiza women throughout the geography of colonial New Spain... As the artist attests, the rebozo, a humble woven garment associated with third world women–and with craft, and with basic necessity–is itself "infiltrated" into the gallery as a work of art...The rebozo is simultaneously pliable and portable, but also deceptively tough and resilient." Carmen Febles, "Reading our Mothers," Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Art: Weaving, Vision, Duke University Press, 2022
Exhibitions
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Threads from Border-landia, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, NY, 2022Consuelo J. Underwood: Thread Songs from the Borderlands, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK, 2018
Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA; curator: Emily Zaiden, 2017
Publications
Laura E. Perez and Ann Marie Leimer, eds., Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2022, between pages 160-161 (illustrated)Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Craft in America, 2017, p. 12 (illustrated)