Kelly Tapìa-Chuning, the beginning and the end, body and mind; by reclaiming we remember, by remembering we heal, 2024
Dismantled serape, creosote/greasewood harvested during winter in northern Arizona
Kelly Tapia-Chuning represents what the artist calls “the oldest place of assembly in art history: the spiritual ceremonial site.” Tapia-Chung deconstructs serapes—traditional Mexican blankets that predate Spanish colonization—to represent the appropriation and loss of Indigenous culture. Tapia-Chuning turns the trace patterns of warp and weft into a site of
healing, placing obsidian and a circle of creosote sprigs around the site.
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