Sentences with phrase «ceramic azulejo»
A former graphic designer, his recent artistic practice has been focused on reinterpreting and playing with the language of traditional tile design, and that of the Portuguese tin - glazed ceramic azulejo in particular.
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The cracked tile has been a recurring motif in Varejão's work since early in her career, and in these works she draws particularly on the history of Portuguese Azulejo tilework and of Chinese celadon ceramics dating back to the 11th century Song dynasty.
The work is part of Varejão's ongoing explorations into the traditions of azulejos, hand - painted tiles in Brazil that trace back to when the Portuguese imported Baroque tiles, which were inspired by the cobalt - blue ceramics that Europeans encountered in China.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA International Ceramic Museum, Faenza, Italy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY World Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada