Tiguex
Artist
Raven Chacon
(American, Diné, born 1977)
Date2025
Mediumsix-color lithograph
DimensionsSupport: 40 1/4 × 24 in. (102.2 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Herzstein Endowment, 2026
Object number2026.10.1
DescriptionA sepia toned hand-drawn map including a legend, compass, and scale, with small drawings of musical performances and scores.eMuseum Notes
On September 27, 2025, Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Raven Chacon launched his large-scale musical composition Tiguex. Taking place from dawn to dusk across Albuquerque, over 200 musicians performed Chacon's composition, from mariachis on a flatbed truck, to a cantata of eight singers under the I-40 highway. Tiguex, from the Tiwa word meaning the valley between the Sandia and Isleta pueblos, also exists as this lithograph print made in collaboration with the Tamarind Institute. The print, essentially a map of the city currently known as Albuquerque, and a score of the composition itself, shows the geographic locations where the musical movements took place.
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