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Tania Candiani
Nombrar el agua2019–22

Not on view
Gallery installation with a framed black-and-white photograph of a fountain, eleven cream fabric embroidery hoops in a row, and a white shelf holding clusters of dark, spike-like sculptural forms
Gallery installation with two components: a vertically oriented light box photograph in a dark frame showing a pale, abstracted architectural scene, and a long white shelf holding a row of gray ceramic disc forms, above which a series of oval textile-covered hoops hang in a horizontal line along the white wall.

Tania Candiani, Nombrar el agua, 2019–22, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased through Contemporary@LACMA, 2023 with additional funds provided by Kristen and Jeff Jaeger, Viveca Paulin-Ferrell, Linda Shirvanian, and an anonymous donor, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan J. Urban

Artist or Maker
Tania Candiani
Mexico, born 1974
Title
Nombrar el agua
Date Made
2019–22
Medium
Silk thread embroidery on linen, mounted wooden hoops, twenty-two sculptures made of hand carved Chiluca Cantera stone; video (duration: 05:19)
Dimensions
Duration: 05:19
Credit Line
Purchased through Contemporary@LACMA, 2023 with additional funds provided by Kristen and Jeff Jaeger, Viveca Paulin-Ferrell, Linda Shirvanian, and an anonymous donor
Accession Number
M.2025.91.1-.45
Classification
Time Based Media
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Tania Candiani