Sentences with phrase «which prayer rugs»

He is interested in the idea of the death of the object of consumption, such as his installation, in which prayer rugs are attached atop skateboards.

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These images are then made into hand - woven prayer rugs, which emphasise the dual nature of this concept: that a sanctuary also serves as a place of contemplation.

These include a new series of works called «Reliefs,» that are densely layered, beaded panels which recall Muslim prayer rugs on which they are partly based, while being reminiscent of topographical maps of cities, abstract art, and mysterious altars; and «Continuous Mile,» a mile - long rope woven entirely out of cotton and bone - white beads.

Melding the two disparate visual traditions, the silhouette of the Officer and rearing horse are filled with details from the prayer rugs and a plethora of other sources defined in similar «Acid House» blues and reds., In juxtaposing the hybrid images of the prayer rug and the soldier, Haward investigates the millennia old relationship between religion and war, and more broadly the immense power and effects of ideology and doctrine in a world in which East and West are struggling to redefine the global hegemony.

We first saw Khan's work at NADA Miami in 2017, where she exhibited her handmade «psychedelic prayer rugs,» in which the repetitive patternmaking acted as a performative exploration of emigration and displacement.