The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Alquimia Verde LV

Alquimia Verde LV

1987

Description

Using unconventional materials—delicate gold leaf, here—the pioneering fiber artist Olga de Amaral creates works inspired by the landscape and history of her native Colombia. A revered material in pre-Columbian cultures, gold was plundered and exploited by European colonizers in South America. By using gold, the artist references these complex, interwoven histories: “As I build these surfaces, I create spaces of meditation, contemplation, and reflection. . . . Tapestry, fibers, strands, units, cords, all are transparent layers with their own meanings, revealing and hiding each other to make one presence, one tone that speaks about the texture of time.”
  • Camille and Alex Cook
  • McCann, Kathleen. "Trends in Fiber Art." Fiberarts, March/April 1990. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC. p. 37-40
    Scarborough, Jessica. "From a Gallery Owner's Perspective: An Interview with Louise Allrich." Fiberarts, Summer 1994. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC. p. 42-45
    Amaral, Olga de, Anna Walker, and Laura Mott. Olga De Amaral: To Weave a Rock. 2020. p. 74-75 illus.
  • Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2023. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 24, 2023).
    Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (July 25-September 19, 2021) https://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/olga-de-amaral-to-weave-a-rock.
  • {{cite web|title=Alquimia Verde LV|url=false|author=Olga de Amaral|year=1987|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2014.711