Saint's Huipil 1925 - 1930

This Saint's Huipil at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is an amazing textile with a crazy-vibrant palette of reds, yellows, and purples. I can just imagine the artist weaving—layering color upon color, line upon line, figuring out how to make these crazy, beautiful, almost-animal forms emerge. I sympathize with the artist in a deep way! There's an energy here that feels so fresh and alive. Maybe the artist was thinking about turtles when they were making it, or some kind of bird, or maybe they just wanted to see what kind of image would emerge from the making of a few lines and colours, like a painter. The red is so dominant it vibrates, a bold statement, a personal statement. I feel like this piece connects to a long history of artists trying to capture the world in their own terms, like Anni Albers but also Rothko. Isn't that what art is all about? An artist’s unique vision is just trying to capture a feeling or an idea, and then communicating it to others.