Dubasky valentina (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The brightly colored paintings and monotypes of bison, goats, stags and antelope in this collection celebrate the shapes and structure of horns and antlers--the spiraling and coiling horns of goats and sheep, the smooth horns of cattle, the meandering or lyre-shaped horns of antelope, and the regal crowns of stags--paired, branched or forked.The paintings in Horned and Antlered Animals are artist Valentina DuBasky's response to her travels on the Silk Routes in China, Central and Southeast Asia, and in India, where, as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, opportunities to research Buddhist cave paintings and ancient art provided new inspiration for the work. In India, she was immersed in a world of spectacular colors out of which emerged a new color palette: yellows of marigold, tints of coral, tangerine, mango, flame-orange, ochre, aubergine and sienna, the fullest range of blues, greens, violets and all the compliments.The horned and antlered animal paintings explore the relationship between ancient art and the contemporary imagination through thick impasto paint, incised lines and expressive brushwork. Pitched on the edge of abstraction, the images may be read as animal, abstraction, landscape or still life. Each painting begins with a rectangle that is bisected or divided into areas of color to activate the balance of forms, the relationships of color and the behavior of the materials. Imagination and materials lead the way. The image is present and absent at the same time. (30 color plates).…

Zustand: New.

Archival digital print on Hahnemuhle paper. Edition 4/100. Image size 27.25 x 43.25"; Paper size 33/25 x 48". Transit style map with 27 interconnected routes and 940 art destinations. The map highlights art exchanges that occurred across the extended ancient and medieval Silk Routes. According to the artist; " The map depicts routes as overlapping art spheres with radiating branches to illustrate the interconnected networks of art exchanges. Hubs, transfer stations, cities, art centers, and ancient and nomadic sites represent places where art was created along the silk road". Valentina DuBasky is an artist based in New York City who has traveled along the Silk Routes in India, China, Uzbekistan, and Southeast Asia where she researched Buddhist cave paintings and ancient art to prepare for her own paintings and prints. Valentina made her first sketch representing the Silk Routes as interconnected art spheres during a trip to India with the Fulbright Specialist Program. The drawing, created one evening while riding a train from Almora, Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas to Delhi, was the start of her journey with the map print. The Silk Route Art Transit Map with Extended Routes is the result of her art research project that maps art exchanges across the Silk Routes.…