To better understand the U.S.-Mexico border, one artist is tying knots
Mexican-American artist Tanya Aguiñiga explores immigration, identity, and culture in her first solo show at the Museum of Arts and Design Observant visitors to the Museum of Arts and Design, in New York, will notice a series of questions printed on the stairs between the lobby and the first floor: ?What is your name"? ?Where are you going"? ?What is the purpose of your trip"?
These seemingly benign queries will be familiar to international travelers. Then, all of a sudden, they flip to an interrogational tenor: ?Has anyone in your family been convicted of a crime"? ?Do you fear torture if you go back to your home country"? These are questions border patrol agents ask people detained for illegally crossing between Mexico and the United States.
Jenna Bascom
Aguiñiga?s most recent work is emerging from her ongoing project, AMBOS. The Border Quipu, which she stands next to, is a collection of knots tied by people crossing the border between the United States and Mexico.
Los Angeles-based artist and designer Tanya Aguiñiga has crossed the border between the United States and Mexico countless times, first as a child growing up in Tijuana and going to school in San Diego (she crossed daily for 14 years) and now in her professional work. To prepare visitors for her new solo exhibition at MAD, ?Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft & Care,? which features craft- and performance-driven pieces that explore life along the border, she...
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