Valerie B Hird Mixed Media
American, b. 1955
Valerie Hird’s body of work is a visual compilation of the experiences, associations and memories collected in her trips through the Middle East, Northern Africa, Spain and Turkey. Hird creates a fascinating topography of her own through the landscapes conquered by her suggestive memories. Her work is organic, evocative, and extremely personal in its flow. We can see this distinct essence in her representations of the rocky arid mountains and the aroma of the perfumes sold by street venders. The elements, colors and patterns absorbed from her trips, take over the surface of her work. The cypresses from Granada are invaded by the Alhambra glazed tiles; the Turkish mountains adopt the kilim patterns; the nomadic people performing their daily tasks are camouflaged by the colors of their fabrics in the landscapes behind them. Not only the imagery itself, but the history, literature, myths and traditions from these countries are incorporated in her work. The meditation and investigation of creational myths from all over the world have led her into creating a multi-dimensional cosmology of her own, centered on the creation of the natural world.
The connections between the cultures and their environment are processed in Hird’s paintings as a meditation on our contemporary world, leading to a growing concern with religious and cultural ambiguities. Using quotes and messages from extremist sects and cultural ideas from both the East and the West, she analyzes and unites them through their similarities rather than their differences. There remains a certain aesthetic connection in the representations of the countries she has visited, intertwined by the projections of her inner landscape. Hird’s work considers and connects cultural complexities, and presents them to the public to travel with her through their contemplation. Valerie Hird graduated with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from Vermont College. In 2008 she was granted an award from the Community Foundation of Vermont. Hird has worked and travelled throughout the Middle East, North of Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and South America. Likewise, she has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. Her work belongs to such public and corporate collections as The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI; The Fleming Museum, Burlington VT; The Exxon Corporation, Dallas, TX; and Pfizer Inc.; among others. Born in Massachusetts in 1955, Hird moved to Vermont in 1979, where she currently lives and works.to
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Artist: Valerie B Hird
MAQUETTE FOR ADULT ALICE ABROAD
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD
MAQUETTE FOR ADULT ALICE ABROAD, 2019
paper, watercolor, ink pencil, wood, nails, foam care, PVA glue
17 x 9 x 2 1/2 in. 43.2 x 22.9 x 6.4 cm.
Shadowbox
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glue, Ink, Watercolor, Foam Board, Pencil
MAQUETTE FOR BOXED IN
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
VALERIE HIRD
MAQUETTE FOR BOXED IN, 2019
paper, watercolor, ink pencil, wood, nails, foam core, PVA glue
17 x 9 x 2 1/2 in. 43.2 x 22.9 x 6.4 cm.
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glue, Ink, Watercolor
NEW MEDIA
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
Valerie B Hird
NEW MEDIA, 2020
wood, screws, foamcore, paper, watercolor, ink, electrical wire, LEDs, batteries
28 x 14 x 6 1/2 in. 71.1 x 35.6 x 16.5 cm.
When the handle is tur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink, LED Light, Watercolor, Foam Board
SUPERHEROES
By Valerie B Hird
Located in New York, NY
4 minute animation. Edition of 20.
Dimensions are of a tv or monitor of average size.
Individual drawings are also available.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Valerie B Hird Mixed Media
Materials
Video
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