Before the Law Stands a Doorkeeper, 1985
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This 1985 show explored the intimacy of narratives found in Americana.It included a mural size painting on wood that married the style of Pennsylvania Dutch barn paintings with Kafka’s story, Before the Law Stands a Doorkeeper.The show also included paintings which utilized the folklore technique of “reverse painting”. However, this technique was reinvented by replacing the traditional glass canvas with a metal wire mesh canvas. The resulting effect challenged the conventional foreground/background order of painting on canvas.
Before the Law Stands a Doorkeeper, 1985
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This 1985 show explored the intimacy of narratives found in Americana.It included a mural size painting on wood that married the style of Pennsylvania Dutch barn paintings with Kafka’s story, Before the Law Stands a Doorkeeper.The show also included paintings which utilized the folklore technique of “reverse painting”. However, this technique was reinvented by replacing the traditional glass canvas with a metal wire mesh canvas. The resulting effect challenged the conventional foreground/background order of painting on canvas.
Izhar Patkin
Izhar Patkin
Izhar Patkin
Veiled Threats, 1999 - Current
A series inspired by the poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Rooms of wall size paintings in ink on pleated illusion (tulle curtains). 14 x 22 x 28 in. each
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Agha Shahid Ali and Izhar Patkin started the collaboration on “Veiled Threats” in 1999
In this project, each of Patkin’s veil rooms corresponds to one of Shahid’s poems.
Veiled Threats, 1999 - Current
A series inspired by the poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Rooms of wall size paintings in ink on pleated illusion (tulle curtains). 14 x 22 x 28 in. each
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Agha Shahid Ali and Izhar Patkin started the collaboration on “Veiled Threats” in 1999
In this project, each of Patkin’s veil rooms corresponds to one of Shahid’s poems.
Veiled Threats, 1999 - Current
A series inspired by the poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Rooms of wall size paintings in ink on pleated illusion (tulle curtains). 14 x 22 x 28 in. each
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Agha Shahid Ali and Izhar Patkin started the collaboration on “Veiled Threats” in 1999
In this project, each of Patkin’s veil rooms corresponds to one of Shahid’s poems.
Veiled Threats, 1999 - Current
A series inspired by the poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Rooms of wall size paintings in ink on pleated illusion (tulle curtains). 14 x 22 x 28 in. each
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Agha Shahid Ali and Izhar Patkin started the collaboration on “Veiled Threats” in 1999
In this project, each of Patkin’s veil rooms corresponds to one of Shahid’s poems.
Veiled Threats, 1999 - Current
A series inspired by the poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Rooms of wall size paintings in ink on pleated illusion (tulle curtains). 14 x 22 x 28 in. each
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Agha Shahid Ali and Izhar Patkin started the collaboration on “Veiled Threats” in 1999
In this project, each of Patkin’s veil rooms corresponds to one of Shahid’s poems.
Veiled Threats, 1999 - Current
A series inspired by the poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Rooms of wall size paintings in ink on pleated illusion (tulle curtains). 14 x 22 x 28 in. each
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Agha Shahid Ali and Izhar Patkin started the collaboration on “Veiled Threats” in 1999
In this project, each of Patkin’s veil rooms corresponds to one of Shahid’s poems.
Madonna and Child, 1998-Current
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A series of oil paintings on screen and porcelain sculpture
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This series started in 1998 with portraits of seated women holding empty blankets. The paintings are done in oil on aluminum wire mesh, 68 x 44 inches each. A life sized porcelain sculpture of this narrative is now being produced at the legendary Sevres porcelain factory in Paris
The Porcelain Sculpture
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Collection; Manufacture Nationale de Sevres
