"In Light of Innocence, a stained glass solo exhibition by Raúl de Nieves, currently on view at Pioneer Works, is also in many ways a collaboration - across tarot, Mexican folklore, and Catholicism, as de Nieves draws from these visual traditions to create a grand cathedral in the central gallery. By installing art with strongly spiritual and religious connotations, he's transformed the space from a creative one to a contemplative one."
"When I arrived, I immediately gazed upward at the far back wall, where a calavera, or skull, occupies the top circular window. Figures signifying faith, hope, and love adorn the rectangular windows below. Just beneath them is a large installation of windows powered by a lightbox that includes depictions of flies, skeletons, steps under an archway, and the Mesoamerican deity Tlaltecuhtli."
Stained glass has existed since ancient Rome and reached its zenith in the later Middle Ages with the rise of great cathedrals. Early designs began with the vidimus, crafted with wood and chalk. By the early 16th century, paper allowed one person to illustrate designs that could be saved, reused, and handed down, making stained glass exceptionally collaborative. In Light of Innocence is a stained glass solo exhibition by Raúl de Nieves at Pioneer Works that merges tarot, Mexican folklore, and Catholicism to form a grand cathedral in the central gallery. The installation includes a calavera in a circular window, figures signifying faith, hope, and love, and a lightbox-driven array of windows depicting flies, skeletons, steps under an archway, and the Mesoamerican deity Tlaltecuhtli. Tarot imagery on view allows multiple perspectives and grants equal power among characters, diverging from traditional religious hierarchies.
Read at Hyperallergic
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