The Semiotics of Cross-Dressing (Take on Art)

Friday, December 16, 2011

The Semiotics of Cross-Dressing

Andisheh Avini, Crawl, 2010, marquetry & wood panel, 15.25" x 44" at I-20 NYC, 2011 with example of Khatam marquetry detail Arun Kumar HG (aka HG Arunkumar), Nandi in Astroturf, 2011, fiberglass & AstroTurf, 17" x 30.5" x 12.5" at Latitude 28 New Delhi

Nowadays East meets West via the out-sourced currents of cross-cultural convergence co-mingling art, ideas, symbolism, craftsmanship, materials, traditions and commerce, often unexpectedly, where sacred Nandi don AstroTurf skin and Frank Stella geometries sport Persian Khatam marquetry in a world where the owner of the New Jersey Nets NBA basketball team can run for the president of Russia.

-TOA

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