About this artwork
White Dwarf uses four types of thread: smooth silk, rough palm fiber, shiny metal thread, and matte alpaca wool. Collaborators María Dávila and Eduardo Portillo deftly combined these raw materials to create a multilayered weaving in which each material symbolizes a different aspect of the artists’ experiences studying textile-making.
A white dwarf star is an extremely dense star that burns white-hot as it collapses on itself. The weaving belongs to a series of works that Dávila and Portillo call an “imagined cosmos,” which also includes meditations on the seasons and times of the day.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- María Eugenia Dávila , Eduardo Portillo
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Title
- White Dwarf
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Places
- Venezuela (Object made in), South America (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 2016
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Medium
- Silk, moriche palm fiber, alpaca, metalized synthetic film wrapped thread (gold and silver), and metalized synthetic film strip (silver); plain weave, multi-layer cloth
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Dimensions
- 184.2 × 125.1 cm (72 1/2 × 49 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Nicole Williams Contemporary Latin American Textile Fund
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Reference Number
- 2023.2892
Extended information about this artwork
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