Museum Exhibition
Super/Natural: Textiles of the Andes
Art Institute of Chicago
February 23, 2019 – June 16, 2019
Featuring more than 60 textiles from the museum’s collection, this exhibition highlights the diversity of technologies and design in Andean art, inviting cross-cultural comparisons.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Nasca
Beaker with Geometric Textile Pattern
180 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic and pigment
22 × 11 cm (8 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
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Lambayeque
Handeled Jar with Painted Relief Depicting Figure with Animals
1000–1476
Ceramic and pigment
22.4 × 17.5 cm (8 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
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Nasca
Bowl with Bean and Geometric Motifs
180 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic and pigment
7.6 × 17.5 cm (3 × 6 7/8 in.)
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Nasca
Bowl Depicting Birds and Flowers
180 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic and pigment
11.8 × 17.2 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
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Nasca
Bowl Depicting a Costumed Ritual Performer with Abstract Plants, Holding a Captive
180 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic and pigment
10.2 × 17.2 cm (4 × 6 3/4 in.)
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Nasca
Double-Spouted Vessel Representing a Templelike Structure
180 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic and pigment
14.9 × 13 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
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Paracas
Bowl Incised and Painted with Interlocking Geometric Band
650–150 BCE
Ceramic and pigment
10.8 × 21 cm (4 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
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