Sterling silver with a rhodium plating is handcrafted
into leaf motifs that caress seven carats of oval garnet gemstones, glistening with scarlet hues.
Not exact matches
Ultimately, if the idea the political Samaritan — of introducing openly religious texts and
motifs into political discourse —
leaves us uncomfortable, that may be because the business of negotiating different conceptions of the personal and public good that lies at the heart of politics, is an uncomfortable business.
With Mylar foil and straw bales, painted stripes and gestural drips, German painter and sculptor Anselm Reyle (born 1970) breathes new life
into the
motifs of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Minimalism and earlier movements,
leaving no modernist master untouched in his reprisings of their
motifs.
Harvey also explores the relationship between ornaments and natural forms in her piece, Two Forests, where
leaf motif ornaments are inserted
into a painting of a forest.
By
leaving the «trace» of his trademark batik
motifs, Shonibare gives a personal insight
into the complexities of identity, hybridity and colonial history.
But here, the placement, repetition and recapitulation of these mutant plumbing fixtures and other personal
motifs lure you ever deeper
into a dream state you'll be loath to
leave.