Sheila Hicks: Reencuentro
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile
August 9, 2019 – January 31, 2020
Photo by Julián Ortiz.
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino and Escondida is pleased to present Sheila Hicks: Reencuentro, a solo exhibition of work by Sheila Hicks on view August 9, 2019 through January 31, 2020.
Featuring more than fifty pieces, some of which have never previously been exhibited to the public, Reencuentro presents a thematic tour of Hicks’ work that puts contemporary art and the heritage of indigenous American art in dialogue. As a disciple of Josef Albers and with artistic training based on the Bauhaus philosophy, Hicks undertook a trip throughout South America in 1957, from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego, a fundamental experience in her training. It was on this journey through the Andes that she learned of the textile techniques and ancestral cosmovision that would change her life forever and where, inspired by the landscapes and architecture of South America, she began to create her own textile work.
The display is divided into four curatorial sections that converse and overlap, starting from the yarn as the essence of a textile, architecture and photography, chromatic spaces, landscape and memory to end in Being Textile. During this travel, Reencuentro show the journey of Hicks through Chile and South America, her textile journey and the analogy between her work, Andean weavings, and pre-Columbian architecture.
For more information on Sheila Hicks: Reencuentro, click here.