SANDY RODRIGUEZ: BOOK 13 | MARCH 22, 2026–APRIL 26, 2027 | The Huntington
Amidst intensifying human rights abuses across the nation and at the U.S.-Mexico border, Sandy Rodriguez unveils a monumental interdisciplinary research project for a year-long museum exhibition. Drawing on a range of colonial Mexican sources in dialogue with 19th-century maps and boundary surveys from The Huntington’s library collections, the installation brings together research on place, ecology, and regional histories.
This work synthesizes 16th-century Mexican colonial and 19th-century American sources with contemporary reports to explore past and present periods of resistance. The project culminates in an installation premiering Book 13—a hand-gilded artist codex—alongside a 20 x 8-foot map of the United States. Featuring new paintings and sculptures created with hand-processed watercolor on amate paper, as well as archival materials from the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, this exhibition offers a profound visual exploration of archives to understand the present and create a space for reflection.