Carolina Jiménez in "Monuments to Memory"

Jimenez’s “woven paintings,” as she refers to her works, are thoughtful meditations on the boundaries between weaving and painting. From afar, her pieces appear to be color-field abstractions composed of paint strokes, full of movement, evoking feelings similar to viewing a Helen Frankenthaler or Mark Rothko painting. Upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that Jimenez’s pieces are composed of countless yarns held in tension with a complete absence of paint. Influenced by her background in architecture, the artist meticulously employs the elements of color, form, and scale to produce expansive woven works, or what she describes as “monuments” to memory, bodies, daily life, and ancestry.