Beads, Bronze, and Breath Shape the Unexpected Pulse of Global Art
A painting that stretches wider than most living rooms, Abdus Salaam’s monumental ink-on-canvas piece from South Africa radiates meditative calm—its creation overlapping with Ramadan, infusing spiritual rhythm into its vast, symmetrical forms. In Berlin, Ivana Bašić’s sculptures and performances turn alabaster and metal into fragile, otherworldly bodies, echoing the artist’s memories of a war-torn childhood through softly relentless mechanical movement. Meanwhile, Sanaa Gateja—Uganda’s “Bead King”—threads recycled paper beads into hypnotic tapestries, each swirl and cluster a nod to collective memory and resourceful storytelling. Across the globe, Sophie-Yen Bretez’s pastel-toned paintings in Paris layer literary fragments and summer daydreams, while Claude Lalanne’s surreal crocodile chairs in Basel transform the macabre into playful design. Frida Orupabo’s collaged figures, both pinned and poised, invite a sharp look at how women are seen and shown in art. In June, the world’s creative pulse beats in unexpected materials and cross-continental echoes—proof that art’s obsessions are as varied as the hands that shape them.
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