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National Tour: 2021 – 2024
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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
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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
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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
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
Artwork Credits
- Mounir Fatmi; Maximum Sensation Suspended; 2016; 14 skateboards, prayer rugs; 90 x 192 x 12 inches.
- Faig Ahmed, Hal, 2016, handmade woolen carpet, 108.25 x 67 inches.
- Ana Gómez; Marucuhan from the Disposable series; 2009; stoneware ceramic, glaze, gold varnish; dimensions vary.
- 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