
The Lined Face of this Noble Building
2022
"The Lined Face of this Noble Building" brings together the back of a Guatemalan huipil, wood, and acrylic in a composition that is at once intimate and architecturally resonant. Measuring 45.7 by 38.7 centimeters, the work fuses textile heritage with painterly gesture, treating the woven fabric not as decorative ground but as a structural and cultural foundation. The aged, tactile surface of the huipil carries the memory of its making and the body that once wore it, while Lemus intervenes with acrylic and wood to create a layered dialogue between material histories and contemporary mark-making. Nery Gabriel Lemus is a Los Angeles-based artist whose practice navigates the charged territory between personal and collective memory, Latinx identity, and the aesthetics of everyday objects transformed through sustained artistic attention. In this work, the title's suggestion of a noble building lends a monumental quality to a modest scale, inviting the viewer to read the textile's woven lines as something akin to a facade, a skin, or an archive. The interplay of craft and fine art traditions here is deliberate and searching rather than decorative. Signed by the artist and offered through the Vincent Price Art Museum Benefit Auction, this work represents a meaningful opportunity to acquire a piece that speaks both to Lemus's ongoing investigation of cultural inheritance and to a broader conversation about what materials are deemed worthy of the gallery wall. The work ships from Monterey Park, California, with shipping costs and applicable fees the responsibility of the buyer.
- Medium
- Back of Guatemalan huipil, wood, and acrylic
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
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