Destijidas

At the recently reopened Timken, the little jewel of a western art museum in Balboa Park, I was delighted to learn about a Mexican painter who works here in San Diego named Marianela de la Hoz. Entitled "Destijidas (Unwoven)," the exhibition takes Homer's Penelope as its muse, who weaves and unweaves to maintain her freedom. De la Hoz completed this painting, "The Hands of Penelope," while in a residency here. The show's small egg tempera works celebrate women of myth and history, allowing each to "unweave" herself from patriarchal stories. You can see the works (with a little more context than was provided in the show itself) here!