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Farida Hughes: A Line Doesn’t End With Me
July 1 — August 8, 2021

 

 

What connects us? What brings us together as human beings linked to others through family histories and social experiences? Artist Farida Hughes explores these questions in an exhibition comprised of her colorful abstract series of Blend paintings, as well as new Vigil paintings that serve as a reminder of lives lived and lost.

 

With vivid color and abstract form, each of the Blends paintings displays a composite portrait of the layers of an individuals’ cultural and ethnic backgrounds, based on stories that Hughes solicits and collects. She responds to the anecdotes collected as she creates each of the abstract paintings. This series began as a way to unwrap the artist’s own multi-cultural background, and subsequently grew to celebrate the unique blendedness of each person contributing a story, and the effects of historical moments that the narratives inevitably present. Begun in 2017, Hughes continues to collect stories from friends and acquaintances, and grow this community of Blends. Using her abstract visual language in this way the artist aims to celebrate and value human difference.

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Timeless Tradition
Master Copyists from the National Gallery of Art's Copyist Program

May 20  — June 27, 2021
 

The copyist program at the National Gallery of Art offers a unique opportunity for artists to study the techniques of old masters through intimate study in the galleries. This exhibit presents the work of members of this program alongside a color photo of the original and an artist’s statement explaining why the work was chosen and what was learned

through copying.

 

The National Gallery of Art Copyists include: Sarah Bentley, Kathleen Carroll, Bruce Campbell, Amelia Cheuk, Gillian Collins, Sonia Gadra, Alice Kale, Christopher Madden, Lillian Mason, Theresa Miller, Robert O’Brien, Tanya Roland, Robin Rosner, Tom Semmes, Ann Wallace

Click on the arrow to the right to see the full show.

* Master Art Copyists is not sponsored by the National Gallery of Art

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