id: 378931 accession number: 2020.64 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.64 updated: 2022-05-13 09:00:18.496000 El manto negro / The black shroud, 2020. Teresa Margolles (Mexican, b. 1963). 1,600 burnished ceramic pieces; each approximately: 10.5 x 11 x 3.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2020.64 © Teresa Margolles title: El manto negro / The black shroud title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 2020 creation date earliest: 2020 creation date latest: 2020 current location: 229B Contemporary creditline: Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller copyright: © Teresa Margolles --- culture: Mexico technique: 1,600 burnished ceramic pieces department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Teresa Margolles (Mexican, b. 1963) - artist --- measurements: Each approximately: 10.5 x 11 x 3.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: Edition of 3 support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021 opening date: 2021-04-20T04:00:00 Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Each clay piece in El Manto Negro was hand-burnished with a stone to an almost glass-like finish and then darkened with a traditional firing technique using smoke from burning cow manure. digital description: To create El Manto Negro, Margolles collaborated with artisans in Mata Ortiz, Mexico, a region known for its ceramic work. The artisans produced thousands of square-shaped ceramic tiles, sourced from deposits at the base of Mata Ortiz’s mountainous zone. Each tile represents a victim of the drug wars that are now rampant in the region; as a grid, they speak to a collective history. El Manto Negro presents Mata Ortiz not only as a site that has fallen prey to violence, but also as a site of artistic productivity that prevails alongside hardship. wall description: To create El manto negro/The black shroud, Mexican artist Teresa Margolles collaborated with artisans in Mata Ortiz, Mexico, a region in the US-Mexico borderlands known for its ceramic work. The artisans produced thousands of square ceramic tiles, sourced from deposits in the region's mountainous zone. Each tile represents a victim of the drug wars rampant in the region; as a grid, they function as a collective memorial. El manto negro presents Mata Ortiz not only as a site that has fallen prey to violence, but also as a site of artistic productivity that flourishes alongside hardship. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "New Take on the New: A comprehensive reinstallation of the galleries of contemporary art offers fresh viewpoints on the art of our time.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): Cover, 4-9. page number: Reproduced: P. 6-7; Mentioned: P. 4, 6. url: --- IMAGES