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Tanya Aguiñiga
Border Quipu / Quipu Fronterizo2016 - 2018

Not on view
Gallery installation with multicolored fiber or textile strands mounted on a white wall at left and hanging freely from a wire at right, each strand narrow at top and fraying into loose threads below
Installation view of multicolored textile or fiber strands hanging vertically from a horizontal cord mounted along white gallery walls, floor-length with frayed, cascading ends in muted reds, blues, and greens, displayed across two adjoining white-walled rooms with polished concrete floors.
Installation view of multicolored fiber or thread bundles hanging vertically from ceiling to floor along white gallery walls, with dense clusters of tangled, dripping strands in mixed colors against the white surface, spanning two adjoining walls.
Large-scale wall installation of vertical strands hung from ceiling hooks, densely wrapped and fringed with multicolored threads, ribbons, and fibers that taper toward the floor, varying in height across a white gallery wall.
Fiber installation of seven densely tangled, multicolored strands suspended from metal rings along a horizontal wire against a white gallery wall, each strand cascading floor-length with fraying textures in red, blue, green, black, and yellow.
Mixed-media wall installation on a white shelf: a clear acrylic display case containing printed documents and small objects including a blue-and-green cable, beside a mounted tablet screen displaying the word "AMBOS" in blue lettering on a dark background.
Large-scale installation of tall vertical poles densely wrapped and hung with multicolored strips of fabric, ribbon, and flexible materials, viewed from below against a white gallery wall with high skylights.
Installation of vertical suspended rods densely wrapped and tangled with multicolored ribbons, cords, and fabric strips in pink, blue, yellow, green, and orange, hanging from ceiling against a white wall, each topped with a small dark bird figure.
Large-scale installation of hundreds of multicolored fabric strips, cords, and ribbons hanging vertically from above, densely clustered and knotted, cascading toward a concrete floor in a white-walled gallery space.
Textile installation of hundreds of multicolored cords, straps, and fabric strips hanging vertically from ceiling to floor on either side of a white gallery wall, densely knotted and tangled in vivid reds, blues, greens, pinks, and yellows.
Textile sculpture of densely hanging multicolored fabric strips, cords, and rope fragments knotted and draped vertically against a white background; a dark ribbon bears handwritten text reading "Tijuana, B.C. / San Ysidro, CA / 8.25.2016"
Textile sculpture of densely bundled fabric strips, cords, and ribbons hanging vertically, knotted and twisted together in varied colors including pink, teal, olive, burgundy, black, and white, against a white background.
Fiber sculpture of densely bundled vertical strands — fabric strips, braided cords, and rope — in varied colors including orange, blue, red, green, and pink, loosely knotted and looped at intervals against a white background.
Artist or Maker
Tanya Aguiñiga
Mexico, Tijuana, active United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1978
Title
Border Quipu / Quipu Fronterizo
Date Made
2016 - 2018
Medium
Mixed media
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2018 Art Here and Now purchase
Accession Number
M.2019.177.1-.5
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art