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2018-19
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45 Red Vectors, 2018-19
Hand sewn, felted and hand dyed Tian-Shan mountain sheep's wool in ala-kiyiz and shyrdak techniques
84 x 134
213.4 x 340.4
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Living and working in Bishkek allowed Vargas-Suarez Universal to connect with and learn the art of felt making from local craftspeople. The ceremonious act of creating felt carpets is central to traditional Kyrgyz identity and culture. With the help of women artisans in Bishkek and the Lake Issyk Kul region, Vargas-Suarez created many artworks using the two ancient felt carpet techniques, ala-kiyiz and shyrdak. Both techniques require many hands and steps to prepare, dye, cut, and stitch the loose wool into a durable felt works. With these works, Vargas-Suarez honors thousands of years of Kyrgyz cultural heritage and celebrates those who continue to carry these ancestral technologies into our time.
- Creator:Vargas-Suarez Universal (1972, Mexican)
- Creation Year:2018-19
- Dimensions:Height: 84 in (213.36 cm)Width: 134 in (340.36 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
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Vargas-Suarez Universal
Vargas Suarez Universal (born 1972, Mexico City, Mexico - lives in New York and Kyrgyz Republic) Rafael Vargas-Suarez was born in Mexico City and raised in the Houston, Texas suburb of Clear Lake City, near NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Vargas-Suarez enjoyed a creative upbringing, inspired partly by his grandfather’s work as a big-band musician and conductor from the 1920s through the 1950s. As a teenager, Vargas-Suarez played the drums in experimental garage bands with friends and, at sixteen, he began signing his work Vargas-Suarez Universal. The artist studied art history and astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin from 1991 to 1996. In 1997, following his graduation, Vargas-Suarez Universal moved to New York City and continued to draw inspiration from urban spaces, technological innovations, contemporary infrastructure, spaceflight programs, astronaut photography, and Earth science data. Vargas-Suarez has conducted post-studio research at NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA; Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL; Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Korolyov (Moscow), Russia; and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, El Museo del Barrio, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art. His writings have been published by Right Brain Words, New York; Edizioni Charta, Milano and The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. The Museum of Modern Art Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, El Museo del Barrio, Queens Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Dieu Donne Papermill, Inc. Archives (all in New York); Jersey City Museum, NJ; Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, RI; Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin,TX; Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy; Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; DA2 (Domus Artium, 2002) Salamanca, Spain; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), León, Spain, Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation, JPMorgan Chase Art Collection and the UBS Art Collection.
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