Photograph: Phoebe d'Heurle.
Photograph: Phoebe d'Heurle.
Photograph: Phoebe d'Heurle.
Photograph: Phoebe d'Heurle.
Photograph: Phoebe d'Heurle.
Untitled (Flow of merchandise in France on railways and waterways in the year 1856), 2020
Oil and acrylic on printed canvas
78 x 60 5/8 in
198.1 x 154 cm
198.1 x 154 cm
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In this work, braided limbs and branches unfurl into foliage upwards across a 1856 statistical map of France by Charles Joseph Minard that charts the flow of merchandise on railroads...
In this work, braided limbs and branches unfurl into foliage upwards across a 1856 statistical map of France by Charles Joseph Minard that charts the flow of merchandise on railroads and waterways—grain, cotton, indigo—linked inextricably to the labor of enslaved people. Tangled into a caress, the two figures sprout appendages woven into the form of a money tree, signaling a call for nurturing and care linked to the prospect of a prosperous future. The painting’s surface is dotted with fist-shaped azabache pendants, also known as figas, worn in Latin American cultures as charms for protection.
Exhibitions
James Cohan Tribeca, Firelei Báez, March 8 - April 25, 2020Firelei Báez: Trust Memory Over History, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, October 5, 2023 - February 18, 2024