Art by Medium: Precious Stone

Pastel on paper Framed 85 x 65 cm

Pastel on paper Framed 85 x 65 cm

The artist says of her work... Arrested Symphony is an exhibition incorporating sculptures, reliefs, drawings and hanging works that explore the theme of injustice that is at the roots of the predatory gem and mineral excavation industry. While at a residency in Knoxville, Tennessee, I discovered that Oakridge was only 30 miles away. Oakridge played a key role in the development of the Atom Bomb and the Manhattan Project. I began an exploration and comparison of Uranium and Emeralds. These minerals look very much alike, beautiful but dangerous on their effect on civil conflict. Colombia my birthplace, has the finest Emeralds in the world. The mining of Emeralds was an important element in the continued colonization of the region. Emeralds have helped to fund the more than 60-year conflict which has taken over 450,000 lives and displaced about 5.7 million people. Uranium has brought destruction to a level which altered the future of warfare. The developments made during the Manhattan Project led to the death of about 700,000 people and its effects are still felt around the world. I use Colombia as an example, however this situation is repeating itself in many parts of the world. Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo are all involved in brutal civil conflicts fueled by Blood Diamonds. This project will make visual the human cost extracted with these minerals, once exposed to the light of day they can never be unearthed. My practice is an ongoing object-based exploration through which I create artworks which are organic and improvisational constructions that are infused with hope and renewal. The hand-crafted artworks are poetically and intricately crafted, creating an intimate repository for the individual and collective memory and implement the human body as a symbol and expression of nature, vulnerability and power. The work encourages viewers to reconsider social and historical narratives especially when dealing with the aftermath of Colonialism and raises critical questions about the politics of erasure and exclusion. ESPERANZA CORTÉS is a Colombian born contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés has exhibited in the United States in solo and group exhibitions in venues including Smack Mellon Gallery, Neuberger Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of Art, Queens Museum, El Museo Del Barrio, MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park and White-box Gallery in New York City. Nationally Cortes exhibitions include Cleveland Art Museum, OH, CSU Galleries at Cleveland University, OH, Helen Day Art Center, VT and The Lorenzo Homar...

Chanel unique fossil scupture part of the ''Collapse'' collection : About Collapse: Ecological peril and social emergency may not be fantasies. What if our civilization collapses t...

Artist Commentary: I let my instincts lead me. After laying a background of color and stamping, the piece called for the addition of string that wound around the surface. The windm...

Artist Commentary: An old disliked cityscape was painted over! It was as if a fog swept over the underpainting and muted it. I had to pay close attention to creating space and light...

Oil pastel on cardboard, one of a series of several paintings under the common title "Two worlds". From the Zychan series. The paintings are characterized by attractive colors and energy flowing from them. Number Catalog A0127. Figurative image. Ready to hang. Signed on the front. The painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the author. Tadeusz Zych b. 1968 in Krakow, Poland. Painter artist, photographer. He presented his works at dozens of individual painting and photographic exhibitions in Poland and abroad. From the history of painting...

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#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed #ambar #wood JUANA MARTÍNEZ...

#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed #ambar JUANA MARTÍNEZ...

#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed #ambar JUANA MARTÍNEZ (Tlalpujajua, Michoa...

Vanity Skull Turquoise Purple Stingray 2021 Dimensions: W 9” x H 10.6” x D 9.5” Unique One-of-a-kind, unique sculpture cast out of resin using a real human skull model, chromed in...

Vanity Skull Silver Stingray 2021 Dimensions: W 9” x H 10.6” x D 9.5” Unique One-of-a-kind, unique sculpture cast out of resin using a real human skull model, chromed in silver. A...

Follow up photo we be replace the enclosed as all the detail is washed out from the flash. Additional photos if requested . A photo certificate accompanies this painting. It is frame...

Hard Carved Afghani blue Lapis Alia Ali is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. Her work explores cultural binaries, challenges culturally sanctioned oppression, and confronts th...

Hard Carved Afghani blue Lapis Alia Ali is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. Her work explores cultural binaries, challenges culturally sanctioned oppression, and confronts th...

A pastel drawing by Peter Lobello from 1991. An abstract drawing of multiple layered line strokes. Signed and framed in light wooden frame. Artist: Peter Lobello Title: Gold Ve...