Painting depicting a forest with the underbrush on fire and a red circle in the center.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil
Context
The Great Turning is part of the series Controlled Burns where Muñoz articulates the climate crisis and honors the efficacy of indigenous practices that offer healing techniques for both nature and the mind.
Acquisition
Accession
2023.10
Source or Donor
Brandt-Roberts Galleries
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, Courtesy of the artist
Notes
Originally part of loan L2023.03
Made/Created
Artist
Muñoz, Elsa
Date made
2022
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Location
Back
Transcription
[Artist's signature and the title of the piece]
Material/Technique
black marker
Dimensions
Height
30 in
Width
30 in
Exhibition
Life Cycles
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Object Label
Label
Elsa Muñoz (b. 1983)
The Great Turning, 2022
Oil on panel
Courtesy of the artist and Brandt-Roberts
Galleries
As a child growing up in Chicago’s
Little Village neighborhood, Elsa Muñoz
constructed fantastical, nature-based safe
havens as a means of counteracting
isolation and her limited access to nature.
Muñoz explains: “I’m always fundamentally
seeking to call upon and transmute my earliest
encounters with the natural world—imaginary
encounters which filled me with wonder and
longing.” The Great Turning is part of the series
Controlled Burns where Muñoz articulates
the climate crisis and honors the efficacy
of indigenous practices that offer healing
techniques for both nature and the mind.
Elsa Muñoz (n. 1983)
El gran viraje, 2022
Óleo sobre panel
Cortesía de la artista y de las Gallerías
Brandt-Roberts
Cuando era una niña en el vecindario
Little Village de Chicago, Elsa Muñoz
construía refugios fantásticos basados
en la naturaleza como una manera de
contrarrestar el aislamiento y su acceso
limitado a la naturaleza. Muñoz explica:
“En esencia siempre estoy buscando recurrir
a mis encuentros más tempranos con el
mundo natural y transmutarlos; encuentros
imaginarios que me llenaban de asombro y
anhelo”. El gran viraje forma parte de la serie
Quemaduras controladas, en que Muñoz
articula la crisis climática y honra la eficacia de
las prácticas indígenas que ofrecen técnicas
de sanación para la naturaleza y para la mente.
