Tag: Traditional
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In 'Door to Life,' Pacita Abad Evokes Traditional Yemeni Architecture
Throughout her illustrious 32-year career, Pacita Abad (1946-2004) traveled to more than 60 countries. Myriad experiences ultimately introduced her to a wide range of techniques, materials, and relationships, shaping the artist’s practice over time. Movement provided an enduring source of new ideas and inspiration, and as she put it, “For me, traveling is my art read more
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Bespoke Glass Studio's Sculptures Challenge Traditional Conventions of Stained Glass
With a stained glass window, light filters through to illuminate narrative scenes or geometric patterns, but it’s primarily the window itself that draws our attention. For Lesley Green of Bespoke Glass, these vibrant compositions certainly aren’t limited to these traditional apertures. “One of my personal obsessions is trying to convince people to hang glass on read more
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Baroque-style Painter Nieves González distorts trappings of traditional portraiture to exalt modern-day women – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I BELIEVE MY WORK COMES FROM THAT COMBINATION: A CLASSICAL FOUNDATION AND A CONTEMPORARY SENSIBILITY FORMED THROUGH WHAT I READ, LISTEN TO, AND EXPERIENCE …” Over the years, González has excelled at upfront compositions: centrally posed women that confront viewers with subtle gazes, rendered in soft tones save for their flashy accoutrements. And from this read more
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Faig Ahmed Redfines the Traditional – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I want to do with carpets anything that I can with all the instruments that exist, so no one can even do anything with them in the coming 100 years,” boldly declared Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed in an email, as if penning his personal manifesto. Recently, his experimental and, at times, sculptural versions of Middle read more
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Traditional African Baskets and Pottery Meet Pop Culture in Donté K. Hayes' Sculptures
Redolent of African basketry, hairstyles, headwear, and pottery, Donté K. Hayes’ abstract ceramic sculptures may be interpreted as poetic vessels, even though they lack traditional openings. While we easily associate clay pots and round woven forms with ideas related to storage, protection, and even spiritual significance, they also nod to the human head as a read more
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