El mundo es un pañuelo / The world is a handkerchief

Bodman, Sarah

Abstract

A travelling exhibition, on show at the The Coral Gables Museum, USA. The World is a Handkerchief is a travelling exhibition rooted in the Spanish saying ‘el mundo es un pañuelo’ which translates into English as ‘this is such a small world’. The project traces serendipitous encounters, moments of discovering personal connections in distant places or unexpected contexts. Curated by Claudia DeMonte and Cecilia Mandrile.

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Start Date: Jan 27, 2023
• End Date: Feb 15, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 31, 2023
• Keywords: Wandering genealogy; Collaboration; Portfolio; Textile; Print; Pen
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10396763
• Related Public URLs: https://coralgablesmuseum.org/portfolio-item/the-world-is-a-handkerchief/
• Additional Information: The project began with the meeting of Claudia DeMonte and Cecilia Mandrile as a mentor and student respectively at the University of Maryland, United States in 1995 and has expanded through an international collaborative network between mentors, students, and peers. To celebrate this constant and sustained creative dialogue, in 2019 the curators developed a portable exhibition of 50 handkerchiefs that explored the meaning of belonging and interconnectedness that this Spanish saying so tangibly evokes.; ; In the reconstruction of this alternative family made up of artists and collectives from different latitudes and generations during the last two decades, both printed an edition of 25 handkerchiefs, and sent a printed handkerchief along with a blank handkerchief to 50 invited artists to intervene with their own reflections on home, identity, and belonging. From this exchange a “wandering genealogy” was born, a tribute to the strong threads that have woven this shared territory as itinerant artists and educators.; ; Driven by the collaborative nature of their artistic practice and based on extensive research into the history and tradition of the printed handkerchief, it is only natural that this family tree expands its branches through traveling graphic editions. The World in a Handkerchief is a new chapter of the project, a graphic, soft, and traveling portfolio curated by guest artists from the core genealogy. Workshops have been held at the Centre for Fine Print Research, Bristol, UK; Proyecto’ ace and Zona Imaginaria.; ; This exhibition is the result of the project’s iteration in Miami, where a group of local artists have been selected and invited to participate in the workshop. The resulting works, along with the previous handkerchirfs, will be presented at the Coral Gables Museum from January 27 to February 15, 2023.