Sentences with phrase «african textile designs»

Yinka Shonibare's scale model of Nelson's flag ship Victory, sails printed with African textile designs and flying flag signals from the Battle of Trafalgar including «engage the enemy closely», has proved one of the most popular of the fourth plinth sculpture commissions.

Besides the aforementioned painters, Wiley also finds inspiration in French Rococo, Islamic architecture and African textile design.

STITCHED INTO MEMORY is a free public art exhibition celebrating the contemporary African Diaspora communities of Boston that features traditional West African textiles designed and created by Boston artist / educator, Stephen Hamilton, in collaboration with nine Boston teenagers.

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The global travel retail - exclusive range features designs from Egypt, Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria, each created to encapsulate African fashion, art, sculpture, furniture, textiles and jewellery designs.

By Chere Di Boscio When Stella McCartney showcased African prints in one of her collections and Isabel Marant «borrowed» South American textiles for some of her designs, Social Justice Warriors (SJW)...

Drawing on elements from African history and tribal culture, as well as contemporary and forward - looking flourishes, «Black Panther» pulses with color, vibrancy and layered textural beauty, from the beadwork and textiles of Ruth Carter's spectacular costumes and Hannah Beachler's warm, dazzlingly eye - catching production design to hairstyles, tattoos and scarifications that feel both ancient and novel.

A selection of stunning highlights from the full range of our African collections, perfect for Art and design projects, under the headings of Adornment, Buildings and decoration, Containers, Furniture, Human image, Painting, Sculpture, Textiles, and Tools, weapons and metalwork.

He draws on the palette and designs of African textiles, TV test patterns, the Nigerian landscape, and suburban wallpaper in his work, which he shows at Jack Shainman in New York.

For the next installment of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's popular «Selects» series, architect David Adjaye presents 14 West and Central African textiles from the museum's permanent collection in «David Adjaye Selects.»

In his abstract paintings of the 1950s and 1960s, expressionistic color and brushwork intersect with patterns, shapes, and pictographic forms inspired by the dynamic compositions of African sculpture, painting, and textile design.

In Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design, Dutch textile brand Vlisco portrays how they became a part of various West African cultures and entered the worlds of fashion, visual arts and photography.

Sonya Clark (Fiber ’95 and past Distinguished Alumni Award winner) was the co-winner of the ArtPrize 2014 Juried Grand Prize for her work, «The Hair Craft Project,» which looks at the design and skill of African American hairdressers and celebrates hairdressing as the primordial textile art form as well as a ritual of grooming.

, The Triangle Gallery at Space Studios, London, England 2008 Angaza Afrika, The October Gallery, London, England 2008 The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA 2008 Body Space, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, England

Her textile designs are drawn from classic optical illusions and inspired by «African fabrics»; also known as Dutch wax prints and originating in the Indonesian batik - dye process.

Designed by Francis Kéré, the first African architect to win the commission, the big disc of spindly wooden slats will hover over a gathering space enclosed by curving blue walls, built of staggered wooden blocks in a textile - like pattern in reference to the festive costumes of his native village.

Interview conducted by Neil Zakiewicz with Milan - based artist, Nathalie Du Pasquier, a former member of the celebrated design group Memphis, whose boisterous African - inspired textiles are now icons of 1980s Postmodernist design.

Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) Among the Top 10 art museums in the United States, its permanent collection includes over 54,000 works, featuring European painting and sculpture; American painting and sculpture; prints, drawings, and photographs; Japanese paintings of the Edo period; Chinese ceramics and bronzes; Asian, African and Oceanic art; Mediterranean antiquities; prints by Paul Gauguin; a large holding of works by J.M.W. Turner; Design Art; textile and fashion; and contemporary works.

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