Asad Faulwell “Obelisk Movements”
Kravets/Wehby Gallery
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Asad Faulwell’s new canvases continue to champion women who were freedom fighters from the Battle of Algiers. This is a play on “Les Femmes D’Alger” made popular by painters Picasso and Delacroix, in which Algerian women were generally painted in Harems or in eroticized scenes.
Meticulously detailed patterns trace the passage of culture through design. This body of work focuses on the use of small cut out pieces of photography and pins as means of creating line and drawing. The triptych on display, much like the multi panel painting in his exhibition at the Nerman Museum has approximately 3,500 pins in it and over 2,000 hand cut photos. This technique contrasts with the western tradition of figurative painting, which he layers over entrancing and psychedelic backgrounds.
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Schedule
from October 16, 2014 to November 19, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-10-16 from 18:00 to 20:00