NYAB Event - Sylvia Iskander "Mother Earth"

Sylvia Iskander "Mother Earth"

Skoto Gallery

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Skoto Gallery presents Mother Earth, an exhibition of recent stoneware sculpture by the Egyptian-born Artist Sylvia Iskander. This will be her second solo show at the gallery. The artist will be present at the reception on Thursday, December 6th, 6-8pm.

Sylvia Iskander's recent work continues her exploration of aesthetics possibilities of clay as a ready medium combined with an inimitable ability to unite form, color, light and surfaces to create work of remarkable elegance and lyrical beauty. She exploits themes of memory, myth, history, and the passage of time through the filter of making art that evokes poetic intimacy and allows for the past to be continuously revealed through the present. For the artist, whose work is fed by a life long appreciation and wonder at the earth as a cradle for us all, working with clay gives her a connection to the earth, a remarkable sensitivity to nature and an awareness of the rhythm of the natural world

Her work is firmly rooted in tradition and the modern with refined sensibilities that explore new aesthetics territories and openness to new influences. The power in Sylvia Iskander's work lies in her ability to reaffirm the expressive potentials and conceptual qualities of clay, an earth material that has remained largely left out of the purview of most artistic practice. She fuses a mastery of technique with deep emotional intensity and appreciation for the natural world as well as vivid imagination that simultaneously expresses concern for the entropy of our environment’s continual disintegration and regeneration. The visual resonance in her work is undeniable and aims to give voice to life-giving and nurturing aspects of Mother Earth.