<![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=G1971.3.18&output=rss2 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:12:29 -0500 koven.smith@blantonmuseum.org (Blanton Museum of Art Collections) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Quipus 58 B]]> http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2713

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Creator

Jorge Eielson

Title

Quipus 58 B

Date Created

1966-1968

Spatial Coverage

100.7 cm x 104.1 cm x 104.1 cm (39 5/8 in. x 41 in. x 41 in.)

Identifier

G1971.3.18

Medium

Canvas and acrylic on wood

Description

Nudos
Que no son nudos
Y nudos que s
ólo son
Nudos


Poet and visual artist Jorge Eielson was interested in exploring resonances between material, form, and communication. Quipus 58 B is from a series of paintings / constructions that feature knotted canvas inspired by Inca quipus. Consisting of intricately knotted strings laced together, quipus conveyed to the Inca a wide range of information. Spanish colonization, however, eradicated the specialized knowledge required to interpret them. Eielson’s oversized and aestheticized knot evokes this loss of cultural memory while paying homage to Inca civilization. In the poem above Eielson wrote, “Knots / That are not knots / And knots that are only / Knots.”

Rights Holder

Gift of John and Barbara Duncan, 1971

Date

Lima, Peru, 1924 - 2006, Milan, Italy

Type

painting

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