Stacy Wiatrak

Winter Vintage

2006

A floral arrangement made of a variety of textiles. Quilted together with a golden and glittery thread. Artist signed this piece in the lower right.

"Minutiae II" is a fiber collage mixed media fiber collage by Jeanne Smith. The artist begins by dyeing background fabric, in this instance tie-dyeing, which creates an irregular pat...

"Minutiae V" is a fiber collage mixed media piece by Jeanne Smith. This abstract piece is mostly blue on the front and mostly green on the back. The artist wrote on a small beige-col...

"Mother's Day (Hands & Seashells) is a mixed media textile piece by Stacy Wiatrak. It is signed and dated in the lower left corner. This piece depicts two hands reminiscent of Michel...

This textile is an excellent and unusual example of the work of Stacy Wiatrak, being both an artwork and a wearable garment. The artist uses appliqued ribbons, images of lilacs and b...

The present work is an excellent example of the flags and banners of Haitian Vodun practice. It is constructed of cloth with hand-stitched glass beads and sequins, representing the figure Gran Bwa (also Grand Bois, spelled on the flag "GRAИD BOI"). According to Patrick Arthur Polk, Vodun flags are meant to honor or invoke gods, as well as to depict their likenesses and attributes with dazzling displays of color. In addition, the beadwork may reference the African religious elements of Vodun which came to Haiti with African slaves. Haiti is an important part of the African diaspora and there is no other Caribbean nation that has such rich survivals of African-style music and dancing, and of religious beliefs and practices that relate to ancient African tradition. According to Polk, Gran Bwa, "ruler of the forest, is the master of herbal remedies. He also presides over initiations which require, at least symbolically, the secrecy of the forest’s darkest recesses. He normally appears as a tall, symmetrical figure that is half man and half tree." The imagery of Haitian Voodoo culture is derived from multiple sources, and the culture seems to have the ability to integrate the various sources from popular culture to Catholic imagery into traditional African symbols, values and rituals. Images like that of Gran Bwa are based off ritual drawings, or vévé, used to invoke the deity and to consecrate ritual space. Such vévé in Voodoo, unlike images appropriated from Catholicism or from popular culture, are probably based off of ground drawings from Central and West Africa. The relatively young age of this example shows the power and influence the imagery continues to have in Haiti to this day. 16.5 x 19.25 inches, artwork 24.25 x 27 inches, frame Polk, Patrick Arthur. Haitian Vodou Flags...

"Sea Flight Dust III" by American artist Rosamond Berg (1931 - 2018) is an assemblage/mixed media/box construction from a series, consisting of horizonta...

Varujan Boghosian was a sculptor, assembler, constructionist, and builder as well as a beachcomber, scavenger, collector, historian, and conservator. His work was inspired by the pas...

"Javolin Thrower" is a brand new original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. 30x30x32 cm comes in a...

"Equanimity" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. 51 x 43 cm...

"Homage to Palladino - Turtle Hat" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a witty r...

"Homage to Mondrian - Falling" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is a witty refer...