Brick Walls and Closed Windows, 2022
Hand-embroidered cotton on cotton
93 x 86 x 1 in.
236.2 x 218.4 x 2.5 cm
236.2 x 218.4 x 2.5 cm
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In his recent monumental embroideries, Jordan Nassar has extended their scale upwards, connecting multiple richly patterned panels and interspersed landscapes to create a complete image. He approaches each embroidery as...
In his recent monumental embroideries, Jordan Nassar has extended their scale upwards, connecting multiple richly patterned panels and interspersed landscapes to create a complete image. He approaches each embroidery as if he was piecing together panels in a puzzle, fitting them together harmoniously to create a unified composition from disparate parts.
Nassar brings into play both the interior and exterior in these collaborative works, creating fictive spaces upon which our imaginations can be projected. In "Brick Walls and Closed Windows", 2022, there is a direct interplay between what is obscured and revealed; stacked, densely detailed red-hued panels create an expansive sense of domestic architectural space, and a window offers a glimpse of the mountainscape beyond it. Color is the building block for his own hand-embroidered rolling hills, in addition to that of his long-time collaborators; craftswomen living and working in Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Hebron in the West Bank.
Nassar brings into play both the interior and exterior in these collaborative works, creating fictive spaces upon which our imaginations can be projected. In "Brick Walls and Closed Windows", 2022, there is a direct interplay between what is obscured and revealed; stacked, densely detailed red-hued panels create an expansive sense of domestic architectural space, and a window offers a glimpse of the mountainscape beyond it. Color is the building block for his own hand-embroidered rolling hills, in addition to that of his long-time collaborators; craftswomen living and working in Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Hebron in the West Bank.