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Seeds Of Passage, Olu Amoda Jan 2009

Seeds Of Passage, Olu Amoda

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Author's abstract: Seeds of Passage is an exhibition of sculptural ensembles I have created with found-objects, musing the Nobel Prize winning play, Death and the Horsemen, by Wole Soyinka. The play is based on the incident that took place in 1946 in the western region of Nigeria, when the cosmological traditions of a colonizing power clashed with those of the indigenous culture. I use found (repurposed) objects to create many of my works. Three primary concepts guide my work: 1) latent energy - the memory or accumulative consciousness of the object, 2) the Sieving Process - the selection of individual …


Creatress: A Woman's Hand, Susan Isherwood Gibbs Jan 2004

Creatress: A Woman's Hand, Susan Isherwood Gibbs

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Using stylized and abstracted sculptural interpretations of She—Great Mother, Mother Nature, Earth Goddess, Creatress, Gaia, female sexuality, and the feminine aspects of nature; a wide range of differing chemicals and temperatures for the development of various clay bodies; and a vivid color palette to reflect ideas, feelings, and moods, I present a story of woman as metaphor for Earth and nature, an immense organic, ecological, and conscious whole. Incorporating found objects (natural and manmade) and fibers (organic and synthetic) with my clay imagery, I offer an awareness of the roles ofwomen from around the world in the spiritual and psychological …


Natural Forces, Natural Forms, Robert Benjamin Randolph Jan 2001

Natural Forces, Natural Forms, Robert Benjamin Randolph

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No abstract provided.


Portals: Past And Present, Cynthia L. Rodday Jan 1995

Portals: Past And Present, Cynthia L. Rodday

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No abstract provided.