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Sueño de las alturas [Dream of the Heights]
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Miguel Angel Ríos
(Catamarca, Argentina, 1943–Mexico City, Mexico and New York, New York, present)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Date1989
MediumCeramic, paint and wire on canvas over wood on Board
DimensionsAdditional Dimension: 50 × 48 5/8 × 5 in. (127 × 123.5 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Barbara Duncan, 1994.123.a-b
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Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number1994.123.a-b
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Label Text- exhibition BMA, Gallery, C9 - Susman Galleries
Ríos combines geometric abstraction with pre-Colombian craft traditions and ancient symbols to reference complex issues such as the colonization and cultural conquest of Latin American territory, history and language. Sueño de las alturas [Dream of the Heights] is part of a series of works focusing on different forms of earth. The ceramic ovoid shapes attained their color by being fired with a variety of plants indigenous to Ríos’ birthplace in the Argentinean Andes Mountains. Arranged in a grid, the spheres are incised, painted and modeled with markings that evoke an indecipherable language and the rhythm of textile patterns native to the region.
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