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By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
In an installation, opening on Friday night, a light will emanate from the center of a five-foot cube and envelope visitors in beautiful floral and geometric motifs that create a newly sacred space. In "All the Flowers are for Me-Red," artist Anila Quayyum Agha explores the complexity of "love, loss, and gains," during a year when her mother was buried, and her son was married. "This interplay of the nuptial and the funeral invites us to cherish our losses," wrote Anila in her artist statement, "more so because they are intrinsically connected to life’s most beautiful moments such as holding a hand that may soon be no more." The red lacquered steel cube with a halogen bulb was recently acquired by the Cincinnati Art Museum for their permanent collection.
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By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
Anila Quayyum Agha's "All the Flowers are for Me- Red" (2016); 60" x 60" x 60". Image courtesy of the artist. |
For other NEWS OF WEEK from across the USA, and around the world, see below:
- Buddhist Art of Week: 1400-year-old Naga Buddha statue [More News]
- Christian Art of Week: "Raphael: The Drawings" in England [More News]
- Hindu Art of Week: Anjolie Ela Menon's retrospective in NYC [More News]
- Islamic Art of Week: Arab art & architecture throughout Italy [More News]
- Jewish Art of Week: Nina Paley’s animated story of Moses [More News]
Islamic Art of Week: “Art of the Islamic Civilization" in Rome |
Buddhist Art of Week: 1400-year-old Naga Buddha statue |
Jewish Art of Week: Nina Paley’s unique animated re-telling of the story of Moses, "Seder-Masochism." |
Christian Art of the Week: Study for The Massacre of the Innocents, circa 1509-10 by Raphael. |
Hindu Art of Week: Anjolie Ela Menon Pujari 2017 Oil on masonite board 12 x 9 in. |