Elia de Leon
Thin Bloodline
Thin Bloodline is an installation-based work reflecting on cultural identity and borders. Using textiles and embroidery, typically a repository of memory, landscapes of my family portraits are shattered by imposed boundaries as the needle cleaves through them. The yellow thread making up the border walls is representative of the embroidery on badges and vests of U.S. border patrol officers. The work is accompanied by an artist book that uses thread to obscure the identities of its inhabitants, both protecting them and illustrating unfamiliarity. The book is a critique on the performance of familial ties through cultural celebrations, especially in Mexican and Chicano contexts where family is expected to play a central role in one’s daily life, even if only superficial.
Ronan Callahan • David Doyle • Pawel Konkol • Gerry Savage • Kieran Whelan • Elia de Leon •
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