Santiago, like many of the world’s capitals, is an excessively dense city. Roughly 40 percent of Chile’s population lives there, with the greatest concentration living on the outskirts of the metropolis. Claudia Gutiérrez reconstructs images of this urban periphery through the practice of embroidery, a medium still too often typically relegated to the category of “women’s work.” Her exhibition “No hay cielo sin nubes” (There Is No Sky Without Clouds) featured ten untitled pieces (all works 2021) that addressed, in different ways, the cityscape that inspired them, while also demonstrating the