Artist Talk: María Dávila and Eduardo Portillo—Weaving a World
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Venezuelan artists María Dávila and Eduardo Portillo have worked together since 1983. Dedicated, almost obsessively so, to exploring the intricacies of the material production of textiles, they have traveled extensively in China and India to study the traditional techniques of indigo dye making, sericulture, and hand-weaving.
Their extensive travels have taught them that fiber is a vehicle for understanding other cultures. Join the artists for a discussion of how they incorporate that belief in pieces firmly rooted in their home.
About the Artists
A photo of artists María Dávila and Eduardo Portillo in front of a cobblestone wall. Davila wears a red beaded necklace and has her red hair cropped beneath her ears. Protillo wears a black button down and has black hair.
María Dávila and Eduardo Portillo are artists that use fiber as their main medium of expression. Their work revolves around the interconnectedness of their experiences with people, places, and landscapes, as well as the materials and processes that bear the imprint of their searches. Their educations in China and India have been crucial for their approach to their work that has been exhibited internationally.
Their work is part of public and private collections worldwide, including the Whitworth Art Gallery, UK, Longhouse Reserve, NY, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, NY, the Toledo Museum of Art, OH and the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. They received the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship in 2017. In recent years they have been working on an imagined Cosmos that they found in the mountains of Mérida, a part of the Venezuelan Andes, where they live.
Please note that this is an in-person event that takes place at the museum.
In accordance with state and City of Chicago guidelines, visitors to the museum are no longer required to wear masks or provide proof of vaccination. Anyone who would like to continue to wear a mask is welcome to do so. Learn more about our visiting policies and what to expect.
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Closed captioning will be available for this program. For questions related to accessibility accommodations, please email access@artic.edu.
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