Granite+Weaving

Date: 1988
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Artist: **Jesús Moroles** Born: Corpus Christi, Texas 1950

Medium: Georgia gray granite Dimensions: 98 x 74 1/2 x 11 in. (248.9 x 189.2 x 27.9 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Frank K. Ribelin

Accession: 1996.1A-F || Moroles’s granite sculptures originate deep in the earth, born of fire and the volcanic action that created the very crust of the planet. Moroles began “weaving” granite in the late 1980s. Although he spoke in terms of fabric, Granite Weaving also reads as the wall of a stepped pyramid in which horizontal stone slabs support, and in turn are buttressed by small blocks of granite. This sculpture unites minimalist forms and the natural materials of land art to recall ancient structures found in Indonesia, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), and Mexico. //Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art//, 2013
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Jesús Moroles's granite sculptures originate deep in the earth, born of fire and the volcanic action that created the very crust of the planet. Moroles began "weaving" granite in the late 1980s. Although he speaks in terms of fabric, Granite Weaving also reads as the wall of a stepped pyramid in which horizontal stone slabs support, and are in turn buttressed by, small blocks of granite. This sculpture unites minimalist forms and the natural materials of land art to recall ancient structures found in Indonesia, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), and Mexico.
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