Image: Nazca Wari (Peru), Uncu (Male sleeveless tunic), Middle Horizon 600-1000 CE.
November 2024, Miami- The Juan Carlos Maldonado Collection is excited to announce the expansion of its Indigenous nucleus with the acquisition of a selection of pre-Columbian Andean textiles and ceramics, specifically from the Nazca (Early, Intermediate, and Late Periods, c. 100 BCE–700 CE), Tiwanaku (c. 400–1000 CE), Wari (Middle Horizon, c. 600–1000 CE), and Inca civilizations.
JCMC continues to pursue its profound interest in the artistic productions of the first American peoples and the exchanges that have nurtured much of Western aesthetics for nearly two centuries following Andean textiles from before the Spanish conquest – to the work of abstract geometric artists, whether American, European, or Asian – and some of the most recent productions of contemporary art. The influence that these ancient arts continue to exert on all modern and contemporary sensibilities is fundamental; through symbols that informed the designs on textiles and pottery, that then dialogue with works from the modern and contemporary nucleus in the Juan Carlos Maldonado Collection (JCMC).
JCMC celebrates this acquisition with the exhibition ‘Secret Affinites / Aesthetics of Two Worlds’ curated by Ariel Jiménez.
Dr. Carol Damian, Ph.D., esteemed Art Historian, was invited to lead a guided visit of the pre-Columbian pieces at ‘Secret Affinities, Aesthetics of Two Worlds’ exhibition, click here to view.