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Maria

2021

Rose B. Simpson

(Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1983)
publisher

Tamarind Institute

printer

Valpuri Remling

(Finnish, active 2000s)
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Culture
America
Medium
color lithograph (diptych)
Measurements
Overall: 91.4 x 116.4 cm (36 x 45 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund 2023.14
Catalogue raisonné
Tamarind 21-305 and 21-305A
Edition
Edition of 30
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
101A Prints & Drawings
Print
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The black-on-black pottery technique represented on this car's exterior was invented at San Ildefonso Pueblo around 1920 by the famed potter Maria Martinez and her husband, Julian.

Description

Multimedia artist Rose B Simpson restored and customized a 1985 Chevy El Camino as an homage to the lowrider culture of her home, Santa Clara Pueblo, during her training at the Northern New Mexico College Automotive Science program. Incorporating the classic black-on-black technique of San Ildefonso pottery across the car’s finish, she named the car Maria after the famed San Ildefonso Pueblo potter and inventor of the technique, Maria Martinez (1887–1980). Since then, Simpson has used the car in performance; she also created this printed diptych, which captures both sides of the automotive sculpture, carefully hand drawn by Simpson on a lithographic plate.
A color lithograph diptych features two horizontal panels stacked vertically. In the top panel, a matte gray utility vehicle faces left, adorned with bold, black geometric patterns. In the bottom panel, the same vehicle faces right. Both profiles are silhouetted against a flat, neutral background and feature black wheels with white rims and thin whitewall tires. The sharp, graphic designs create a sense of symmetry between the two mirrored automotive forms.

Maria

2021

Rose B. Simpson, Tamarind Institute, Valpuri Remling

(Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1983), (Finnish, active 2000s)
America

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