ExhibitionJune 21, 2024
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago presents Virginia Jaramillo.
The exhibition entitled "Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence" is the first major retrospective of Jaramillo's work. The artist is recognized for her participation as a Mexican American in the first interracial exhibitions in the United States. The exhibition will be open to the public at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago through January 5, 2025.
During the 1960s and 1970s in the United States, Jaramillo was interested in form and abstraction. The artist studied at Otis College of Art and Design, and her first paintings were included in LACMA exhibitions between 1959 and 1961. During these years, her palette focused on earth colors because they were more accessible and because they reflected, in her view, the political climate of Los Angeles. Later, in New York, Jaramillo produced one of his most recognized series, the curvilinear paintings.
Jaramillo also explored natural materials such as linen fibers and earth pigments and made her own paper at the Dieu Donné workshop in New York. Beginning in 2010, the artist focused on works she calls Foundations, large-scale paintings that relate to the architectural and archaeological by referencing sacred sites of Indigenous communities.
"Principle of Equivalence" is a journey through more than 40 abstract paintings and works on paper, revealing Jaramillo's profound interest in the relationship between the earthly and the metaphysical. The exhibition showcases the iconic Curvilinear (Curvilinear) series, as well as pieces made on produced papers. It offers a glimpse into the artist's diverse interests, from classical geometry, mathematical precisions in curvilinear paintings, the relevance of Celtic and Greek mythologies, geography, Japanese aesthetics and cosmology.
During the 1960s and 1970s in the United States, Jaramillo was interested in form and abstraction. The artist studied at Otis College of Art and Design, and her first paintings were included in LACMA exhibitions between 1959 and 1961. During these years, her palette focused on earth colors because they were more accessible and because they reflected, in her view, the political climate of Los Angeles. Later, in New York, Jaramillo produced one of his most recognized series, the curvilinear paintings.
Jaramillo also explored natural materials such as linen fibers and earth pigments and made her own paper at the Dieu Donné workshop in New York. Beginning in 2010, the artist focused on works she calls Foundations, large-scale paintings that relate to the architectural and archaeological by referencing sacred sites of Indigenous communities.
"Principle of Equivalence" is a journey through more than 40 abstract paintings and works on paper, revealing Jaramillo's profound interest in the relationship between the earthly and the metaphysical. The exhibition showcases the iconic Curvilinear (Curvilinear) series, as well as pieces made on produced papers. It offers a glimpse into the artist's diverse interests, from classical geometry, mathematical precisions in curvilinear paintings, the relevance of Celtic and Greek mythologies, geography, Japanese aesthetics and cosmology.
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