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Pe Tukmiyat, Pe Tukmiyat #1
1991
37 x 36 x 192 in. (93.98 x 91.44 x 487.68 cm)
Lewis deSoto (San Bernardino, California, 1954 - )
Bookish, September 25, 2011 - January 15, 2012, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?, April 18 - May 24, 2008, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
Pe Tukmiyat, Pe Tukmiyat: Lewis de Soto, June 1, 1991– August 25, 1991, Paul L. Davies Gallery, Historic Wing, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.
Bookish (2011-2012)
In 1991, Lewis deSoto created a five-room installation at the San Jose Museum of Art based on the creation myth of his ancestors, the Cahuilla people of California. Pé Túkmiyat, Pé Túkmiyat (darkness, darkness – the source of all beginnings) metaphorically illustrated important moments in the myth, from the birth of the creator brothers, Múkat and Témayawet, to the eventual settlement of the tribe in Southern California. This library table piece, Pé Túkmiyat, Pé Túkmiyat #1, was part of that installation. Viewers entered the installation space and encountered this long table with English dictionaries open at each end. Funnels above the dictionaries slowly dripped black ink, blacking out the text and then pooling along the surface of the table.
In this piece, deSoto asked that we consider how our cultural background shapes the way we experience the world. In each myth, story, or history, there is the opportunity for multiple interpretations and meanings to emerge. In Pé Túkmiyat, Pé Túkmiyat #1, just as the words on the dictionary pages are erased by the blackness (or the darkness) of the ink, it is possible to clear our own minds in order to make alternate understandings and perceptions possible.
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Pe Tukmiyat, Pe Tukmiyat #1
Sculpture
199137 x 36 x 192 in. (93.98 x 91.44 x 487.68 cm)
Lewis deSoto (San Bernardino, California, 1954 - )
Object Type: Sculpture
Medium and Support: Mixed media (ink, books, glass beakers, etc) on wooden table
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Accession Number: 1991.12
Exhibition
Bookish, September 25, 2011 - January 15, 2012, 2nd Floor, South Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?, April 18 - May 24, 2008, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
Pe Tukmiyat, Pe Tukmiyat: Lewis de Soto, June 1, 1991– August 25, 1991, Paul L. Davies Gallery, Historic Wing, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.
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Bookish (2011-2012)
In 1991, Lewis deSoto created a five-room installation at the San Jose Museum of Art based on the creation myth of his ancestors, the Cahuilla people of California. Pé Túkmiyat, Pé Túkmiyat (darkness, darkness – the source of all beginnings) metaphorically illustrated important moments in the myth, from the birth of the creator brothers, Múkat and Témayawet, to the eventual settlement of the tribe in Southern California. This library table piece, Pé Túkmiyat, Pé Túkmiyat #1, was part of that installation. Viewers entered the installation space and encountered this long table with English dictionaries open at each end. Funnels above the dictionaries slowly dripped black ink, blacking out the text and then pooling along the surface of the table.
In this piece, deSoto asked that we consider how our cultural background shapes the way we experience the world. In each myth, story, or history, there is the opportunity for multiple interpretations and meanings to emerge. In Pé Túkmiyat, Pé Túkmiyat #1, just as the words on the dictionary pages are erased by the blackness (or the darkness) of the ink, it is possible to clear our own minds in order to make alternate understandings and perceptions possible.
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- Sculpture Dimensions: 37 x 36 x 192 in. (93.98 x 91.44 x 487.68 cm)
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