-
Artworks
the sun always moves against the wind, 2023
hand-embroidered cotton on cotton38 x 109 x 1 1/4 in.
96.5 x 276.9 x 3.2 cm
Framed 39 1/4 x 110 1/4 in.SoldFurther images
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 his newest embroidery, windy curved forms are suspended above a red-peaked mountainscape lit by a red sun. Nassar positioned the forms high on the canvas, recalling the elemental form air. Each vista functions as a window within a dense scrim of pattern, which obscures and reveals at turns.Exhibitions
Jordan Nassar, "The Field Is Infinite," KMAC Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, December 5, 2020 - April 4, 2021