These wooden birds, carved inside World War II-era Japanese American internment camps, are a sampling of the artwork in “The Art of Gaman” by Delphine Hirasuna. The bird’s tiny legs were crafted from the surplus snipped off the wire mesh screens over barrack windows.
Picasso : Faun Revealing a Sleeping woman (Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt) 1936.
i saw this piece for the first time at the Tate last year, and was blown away.
the light & dark shapes, details, just amazing. brilliant.
Sharing my love of Sheila Hicks. I get goosebumps when I see her work in person, it’s that bad! Her work and her life are truly an inspiration. Studied at Yale in the late 50s, then traveled to South America, Mexico, Morocco, an onwards. Her work crosses over all categorization- textile, fiber, sculpture, contemporary, conceptual, installation…. Images from the ICA, Cristina Grajales Gallery and Google.
(via wwake)
