On view through June 23, 2019, in the Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California, the exhibit, “Tradition Interrupted” explores the methods used by artists to combine contemporary ideas with traditional art and craft in a range of media, from rugs and quilts to metal and ceramics.
Bedford Curator Carrie Lederer said about this show, “The artists in this exhibition are merging the age-old with innovation and revisioning culturally historic ideas to create hybrid images or objects that interrupt traditional practice but still collaborate with the past.
After generations of crafting and creating, many traditional practices continue to hold center stage and visually define a culture.
Today, artists are unraveling certain traits and facets of these ancient customs to redefine or reclaim them for our contemporary world.”
Artists showing works are: Faig Ahmed, Azerbaijan; Dinh Q. Lê, Vietnam; Serge Attukwei Clottey, Ghana; Jaydan Moore, Virginia; Camille Eskell, New York; Ronna Neuenschwander, Oregon; Mounir Fatmi, France & Morocco; Ramekon O’Arwisters, California; Ana Gómez, Mexico; Anila Quayyum Agha, Pakistan; Shirin Hosseinvand, Iran; Jason Seife, Florida; Suzanne Husky, France & California; and Steven Young Lee, Montana.
For more about this show and the artists, see: www.bedfordgallery.org or call 925.295.1417