70 ABOVE: Standing female fi gure. Sinú, Colombia. AD 800–1500. Ceramic. LACMA M.2007.146.13. The Muñoz-Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer. Photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA. ABOVE LEFT: Stylized female fi gure. Sinú, Colombia. AD 800–1500. Ceramic. LACMA M.2007.146.622. The Muñoz-Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer. Photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA. TOP: Third Phase Chief Blanket. Navajo. C. 1875. Weft faced plain weave, handspun wool in natural colors with indigo blue, raveled red trade cloth (bayeta), commercial wool yarn. The Durango Collection, Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, SWT- 42. UCLA FOWLER Los Angeles—An exhibition coming to the Fowler Museum this autumn showcases a remarkable collection of Southwestern textiles dating from the nineteenth century, a time of tremendous change as American occupation and the eventual coming of the railroad and trading posts infl uenced commerce and the exchange of ideas among the various residents—indigenous and otherwise— of territorial New Mexico and Arizona. During this period, three great weaving traditions fl ourished in the distinctive landscapes of the American Southwest—Pueblo, Diné (Navajo), and Hispanic. Weavers from all three groups produced exceptional works of art, infl uencing one another while developing their own characteristic styles. Treasured Textiles from the American Southwest: The Durango Collection, on view September 13, 2015–January 10, 2016, presents important textiles from the Durango Collection, highly regarded for the quality of its works from the Southwest. Notable Diné works on display include magnifi cent early examples of the notable First and Second Phase “chief’s blankets.” The oldest textile in the exhibition, dating to 1800, is a Hispanic serape showing the full-blown eye-dazzler patterning that later served as a source of inspiration for Diné (Navajo) weavers. The exhibition was adapted by the Fowler from the traveling exhibition Masterpieces of the Durango Collection: Native Blankets from the Early American Southwest. A second show at the museum roughly at the same time, Encountering Ancient Colombia–A Journey through the Magdalena Valley (September 27, 2015–January 3, 2016), will present a selection of rare objects from one of the great art-producing regions of pre-contact Colombia. These are drawn from the Muñoz-Kramer Collection of ancient Colombian ceramics, many of which have never before been exhibited. They are interpreted using explicitly archaeological, ethnographic, and historical sources to question existing knowledge of ancient ceramics and to illustrate the rich culture and astonishing world of Pre- Columbian Colombia, about which so little is known. It complements an installation of the Muñoz-Kramer Collection on view at LACMA through 2015. MUSEUM news
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