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Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American, b. 1949
Manahatta Rain Song (wall installation), 2023
Acrylic paint, pastel, colored aluminum wire, leather barbed wire, nails
12 x 12 feet
Manahatta Rain Song, made on-site for this year’s Armory Show, pays tribute to the land and indigenous peoples of New York and incorporates the city’s street grid with a metal...
Manahatta Rain Song, made on-site for this year’s Armory Show, pays tribute to the land and indigenous peoples of New York and incorporates the city’s street grid with a metal bullseye on the Javits Center. A blue line cuts across the wall installation, representing the US-Mexico borderline, appearing throughout the artist’s oeuvre and in all fourteen on-site installations. Reflecting on the land’s past, present, and future, Jimenez Underwood’s primary theme in this work revolves around the question of running: “We’re always running, it seems. And in New York, everyone is running. What are we running on?” The artist urges us to stop and consider our political position and place in time.