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Into the Hourglass: : Paño Arte from the Rudy Padilla Collection
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Into the Hourglass is a traveling exhibition from the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum in Albuquerque. It celebrates paños (Spanish for handkerchief) as an art form and the contributions of incarcerated artists to the broader fields of Chicano and American art while examining the topic of incarceration in contemporary society.
Paños are ink or pencil drawings rendered on handkerchiefs, pillowcases, or sheets. They reference a variety of subject matter, including historical themes, religion, popular culture, la pinta (prison life), family, and more. The exhibition pulls from the collection of over 300 paños amassed by the late collector and community advocate Rudy Padilla (1951-2006).
The Art Museum at the NHCC acquired the Rudy Padilla Paño Collection in 2019, the most extensive U.S. public collection of its kind.
Curated by Jadira Gurulé and Rebecca Gomez
ARTISTS:
Rosendo Aguilar
Pepe Baca
Walter R. Baca
E. Barreras
Camacho
Jesús “Chista” Cantu
Casper
Carlos Cortéz (1924-2005)
Dawin Dan
Danny Duran
Alonso Encinas
Gaspar Enriquez
Miguel Gandert
Eric J. García
Edwardo García
Mark Garcia
Maria Gaspar
Scott George
Ignacio A. Gomez
Mike Hernandez
Ben Jo
Naomi Lemus
El Leroy
Arthur López
Yolanda López (1942-2021)
R. Luna
R. Maldonado
C. Marquez
Eric Christo Martinez
Delilah Montoya
P. Mora
Manuel Moya
J. Olivares
Joe J. Ortega
Raina Parra
Richard & Graciela Rios
Jerry Romero
Scott Sandoval
Melvin Sedillo
L. Torres
Victor Villareal
Joe Williams
Rolando Z.
And numerous unidentified artists
Sponsors:
llinois Arts Council
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Chicago Park District