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Tag Archives: calligraphy
Isa Hirano–calligraphic dance
Isa Hirano creates shoga or calligraphic paintings that originate, for her, in surrealism expressing “internal urges without any reference to established aesthetics or ethics by exploring the domains of the subconscious, irrationality, and unreality,” she writes on her website. Her … Continue reading
Posted in art, artist, calligraphy, dance, Japan
Tagged calligraphy, dance, Isa Hirano, Jackson Pollack, japan, kanji, shoga
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Confluence of calligraphy and henna
Lalla Essaydi is an artist who grew up in Morocco. Her work is about the confluence of arabic calligraphy, culturally and historically done by men usually in the transcription of the Qu’ran, and of henna painting traditionally done by women … Continue reading
Posted in art, artist, calligraphy, gender, installations, lettering, photography
Tagged art, artist, calligraphy, gender, installations, lettering, photography
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