MATRIX 282 / Griselda Rosas: Yo te cuido

August 30–November 19, 2023

Griselda Rosas / MATRIX 282: Yo te cuido presents the artist’s textile drawings and sculptural installations, addressing the complexities of the US-Mexico border region by drawing from colonial histories, familial traditions, and personal experience. Themes of inheritance and intergenerational knowledge recur in Rosas’s work alongside references to single motherhood.

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  • Seven large sculptures shaped like slingshots lean against the wall. Long bands of rubber stretch from the top of each sculpture, creating sharp angled lines.

    Griselda Rosas, Un camello en el ojo de una aguja [A Camel in the Eye of a Needle] 2022. Found wood, cement, pigment, and rubber from Michoacán, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photography: Daniel Lang for MCASD.

  • Against a colorful background with printed patterns, three Hopi clown figures huddle to the left of a group of animals, including fighting dogs and a lion.

    Griselda Rosas, Tragaluz [Skylight], 2021-2022. Embroidery, watercolor, acrylic and natural pigment on paper, 42 × 72in. Courtesy of the artist. Photography: Daniel Lang for MCASD.

  • Six sculptures shaped like slingshots are hung horizontally on top of each other. Long bands of rubber stretch from the right of each sculpture.

    Griselda Rosas, Cabeza de Vaca, 2022. Found wood, cement, screenprint, and rubber from Michoacán, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photography: Daniel Lang for MCASD.

  • Six colorful drawings are installed in two rows of three. Each figure is a cartoonish character that has been layered with embroidery and watercolor.

    Installation view of Griselda Rosas: Yo te cuido at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, March 16, 2023 to August 13, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Photography: Daniel Lang for MCASD.

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  • Thursday, August 31, 6 PM

    Artist's Talk and Conversation: Griselda Rosas and Anthony Graham on MATRIX 282 / Griselda Rosas: Yo te cuido

    Based in San Diego and Tijuana, Griselda Rosas reflects on the complex histories of the US-Mexico border to explore themes of inheritance and intergenerational knowledge in her art. Rosas and Senior Curator Anthony Graham, who organized the exhibition, discuss the interconnections between her works in various media, from her densely layered textiles to her spatially dynamic sculptural installations.

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