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Olga De Amaral

Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon Basket)

Maker

Olga De Amaral (Colombian, b. 1932)

Title

Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon Basket)

Year

1989

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

cotton, pigment

Dimensions

167.6 cm (66 inches) (length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Signed and dated on the reverse: "Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon basket 24) 54 X 180 Olga de Amaral1989"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1992.006

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

Exhibition History

Term Limits
Textiles in Contemporary Art
Nov 08, 2005 – Feb 05, 2006
Migrations
Latin American Art and the Modernist Imagination
Feb 21, 1992 – Apr 26, 1992

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Tombstone

Olga De Amaral (Colombian, b. 1932)
Cesta Lunar 24 (Moon Basket), 1989
Gilded and interlaced cotton plain weave, painted along lower edge
167.6 cm (66 inches) (length)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 1992.006

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