Saw Tornadoes Covered With Flames, 2023
Hand-Embroidered Cotton on Cotton
38 3/4 x 109 3/4 in
98.3 x 278.6 cm
Framed 39 1/4 x 110 1/4 in.
98.3 x 278.6 cm
Framed 39 1/4 x 110 1/4 in.
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Nassar collaborated with craftswomen living and working in Ramallah to create monumental, multi-panel embroideries inspired by paired elemental forces: earth/water and fire/air. The craftswomen lay the foundations of his panoramas...
Nassar collaborated with craftswomen living and working in Ramallah to create monumental, multi-panel embroideries inspired by paired elemental forces: earth/water and fire/air. The craftswomen lay the foundations of his panoramas and Nassar then embroiders multicolored landscapes within their intricate geometric grids; creating a dialogue through an exchange of visual ideas. Nassar has doubled the size of his past work to create these four-panel works, each with a patterned border that contains sections of a continuous landscape.
In "Saw Tornadoes Covered With Flames", the landscape mirrors fire, the element that inspired the work. Blue and red rolling hills are lit by a purple moon, cradling a lavender crescent at it's edge. Each vista functions as a window within a dense scrim of pattern, which obscures and reveals at turns.
In "Saw Tornadoes Covered With Flames", the landscape mirrors fire, the element that inspired the work. Blue and red rolling hills are lit by a purple moon, cradling a lavender crescent at it's edge. Each vista functions as a window within a dense scrim of pattern, which obscures and reveals at turns.
Exhibitions
Jordan Nassar, "I Cut The Sky In Two", 291 Grand Street, James Cohan, New York, October 23- Nov 21, 2020Jordan Nassar, "The Field Is Infinite," KMAC Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, December 5, 2020 - April 4, 2021