Painting
El Dia se Convirtio en Noche
- Description
- Painting titled El Dia se Convirtio en Noche (The Day Turned into Night) by Felipe Ucedo. The upper portion of the canvas depicts people of various origins leaning on a globe, as if they are embracing it. The globe, with a red cross at its center, is held by a Red Cross relief worker. Also at the top are a bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, and the motto "E Pluribus Unum," which translates to "out of many, one." The lower portion of the canvas depicts rescue and recovery workers at Ground Zero, first responders, medical professionals, and in the center a child embraced by a Red Cross worker.
- Historical Notes
- On September 11, 2001, Felipe Ucedo was on Canal Street when he heard a loud boom that caused an immediate frenzy among the stunned street traffic. Fixated on the sight of a gaping hole in the North Tower’s façade, Ucedo stood in awe and watched as Flight 175 sliced into the South Tower minutes later. Profoundly disturbed by what he had witnessed, night after night Ucedo joined strangers in prayer, getting as close as they could to the locus of the devastation. While volunteering with the American Red Cross at the Family Assistance Center and the Disaster Assistance Service Center at Pier 94, Ucedo was inspired to execute this work, titled El Dia se Convirtio en Noche which was soon placed on display at Pier 94.
Curator's Comment
"In the painting, I have tried to convey this feeling of everything changing all at once, like day suddenly turning into night," Ucedo wrote. "The whole world focused on this one spot, Ground Zero, and as a painter, I had to express myself about what was happening there. I saw what the Red Cross was doing, and I wanted to leave a visual testimony of it on canvas."
Peru native Felipe Ucedo was born in the historic city of Tacna and raised in the Capac-Quenchua community, indigenous to the Andes Region in South America. A certified professor of sculpture, Ucedo earned a Master’s degree in sculpture and painting from La Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú. His artworks are part of the permanent collections of the National Art Museum in Lima, Peru, and of the Railroad Museum of Tecna, Peru. His work is also in private collections throughout South America.
Peru native Felipe Ucedo was born in the historic city of Tacna and raised in the Capac-Quenchua community, indigenous to the Andes Region in South America. A certified professor of sculpture, Ucedo earned a Master’s degree in sculpture and painting from La Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú. His artworks are part of the permanent collections of the National Art Museum in Lima, Peru, and of the Railroad Museum of Tecna, Peru. His work is also in private collections throughout South America.
- Accession Number: C.2013.637.1
- Dimensions: 98 in X 76 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 248.92 cm X 193.04 cm
- Source: American Red Cross
- Credit Line: Gift of the American Red Cross
Artistic ResponseFamily Assistance Centers PatriotismPhilanthropic ResponseRescue and RecoveryVolunteers
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