Tradition Interrupted

National Tour: 2021 – 2024

  • Bedford Gallery
    Walnut Creek, CA
    April 11 – June 23, 2019

  • Juliet Art Museum
    Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
    Charleston, WV
    April 3 – Sept. 12, 2021

  • Susquehanna Art Museum
    Harrisburg, PA
    Oct. 9, 2021 – Jan. 23, 2022

  • Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
    University City, MI
    Feb. 19 – June 18, 2022

  • Katonah Museum of Art
    Katonah, NY
    July 9 – Sept. 25, 2022

  • Lamont Gallery
    Phillip Exeter Academy
    Exeter, NH
    Oct. 15 – Dec. 11, 2022

  • Oklahoma State University Museum of Art
    Stillwater, OK
    Jan. 17 – Apr. 11, 2023

  • Museum of Texas Tech University
    Lubbock, TX
    Apr. 29 – July 23, 2023

  • Springfield Art Museum
    Springfield, MO
    Aug. 18 – Nov. 12, 2023

  • Figge Art Museum
    Davenport, IA
    Dec. 9, 2023 – Mar. 31, 2024

  • The Baker Museum at Artis—Naples
    Naples, FL
    May 4– July 28, 2024

  • Marion Art Gallery at SUNY
    Fredonia, NY
    Sept. 3 – Nov. 22, 2024

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Tradition Interrupted is an international group exhibition that explores the methods used by artists to conflate contemporary ideas with traditional art and craft in a range of media, from rugs and mosaics to metalwork and ceramics. 


About

The eleven artists in the exhibition hail from around world. Curator Carrie Lederer states:

"The artists of Tradition Interrupted are merging age-old media and technique with innovation, and re-visioning culturally historic ideas to create new work that interrupt traditional practice but still collaborates with the past. For generations, traditional craft and art practices held steadfast and often visually defined a culture. Today, artists are unraveling certain traits and facets of these ancient customs to redefine or reclaim them for the contemporary world."

For many of the artists in Tradition Interrupted, everyday objects are sources of powerful agency to recall memories in danger of being forgotten, or to call into question revisionist histories. Many of the artists work in a conceptually “uncomfortable”space with the traditions and theories of their past as they create hybrid artworks that address contemporary concepts and concerns.

Participating Artists

  • Anila Quayyum Agha (Pakistan)
  • Faig Ahmed (Azerbaijan)
  • Camille Eskell (U.S.)
  • Mounir Fatmi (Morocco)
  • Ana Gómez (Mexico)
  • Shirin Hosseinvand (Iran)
  • Dinh Q. Lê (Vietnam)
  • Steven Young Lee (U.S.)
  • Jaydan Moore (U.S.)
  • Ramekon O’Arwisters (U.S.)
  • Jason Seife (U.S.)
  • Masami Teraoka (Japan)

Exhibition Details

  • Curated by Carrie Lederer 
  • ~22 artworks
  • Sculpture, installation and 2-D objects
  • 12 Artists

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Artwork Credits

  1. Mounir Fatmi; Maximum Sensation Suspended; 2016; 14 skateboards, prayer rugs; 90 x 192 x 12 inches.

  2. Faig Ahmed, Hal, 2016, handmade woolen carpet, 108.25 x 67 inches.

  3. Ana Gómez; Marucuhan from the Disposable series; 2009; stoneware ceramic, glaze, gold varnish; dimensions vary.

  4. Ramekon O'Arwisters, Mending #34, 2018, fabric, ceramic shards, 14 x 11 x 10 inches.

For More Information

Alesha Colberg Martinez
Traveling Exhibitions Manager
colberg-martinez@bedfordgallery.org
Tel. 925-295-1435