FOOD FOR THOUGHT

THREE SISTERS, a sculpture by TJ Mabrey, was purchased by the City of Albuquerque Public Art Program in March 2021, and recently installed in the City Hall of Albuquerque, New Mexico.



Carved in the shape of a squash, the bumpy top center of the sculpture gives the impression of three heads bent close together. This image is further strengthened by the incised design of three sets of arms and loving hands, intertwined around the top of the squash, and the imagined figures.

The closeness of the THREE SISTERS represents the closeness of their metaphorical names: Bean, Squash, Corn…food of the indigenous, a sustainable banquet, a mutually beneficial food source for all people for centuries, not just in the South and Southwest, but around the world.