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Join us today at the gallery from noon to 3:00pm for a demonstration with arist
Yohannes Tesfaye!
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BEAUTY AND COURAGE SERIES
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The
Beauty and Courage
series, by Yohannes Tesfaye, is a commemoration of a dying tradition - the practice of scarification that's common to many African cultures, including Yohannes' native country of Ethiopia. This form of body-modification has fascinated the artist for many years. He has admired the various marks he has seen, both for their aesthetic quality but also for what they symbolize.
This ancient cultural activity also has a functional quality in that it transmits complex messages about identity and social status. Permanent body markings emphasize fixed social, political, and religious roles and are used to indicate rites of passages. This work is an exploration and celebration of this custom.
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CHASING THE LIGHT
36 x 48"
$3,000
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BEAUTY & COURAGE
36 x 48"
$3,000
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FLESH LINES 2
36 x 48"
$3,000
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FLESH LINES 1
40 x 48"
$3,000
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The surfaces of the paintings are textured with a pattern of "scars" reminiscent of the body decorations.
Tesfaye believes this practice, where a gash is made in the skin using a sharp instrument creating raised scars, represents both beauty and courage
. It is a long and painful process, which demonstrates the wearer's bravado. Now it is a tradition that is gradually beginning to disappear and being abandoned for reasons both valid and obvious, but also some less honorable, such as Westernization. Yohannes felt strongly about immortalizing it in these paintings.
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Yohannes
Tesfaye
was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1978. He studied painting for four years
at
Alle
School of Fine Arts and Design at Addis Ababa University
, graduating
in 2001 with a
Ba
chelor of Fine Arts Degree
. After graduation, he traveled to Moscow for tr
aining at
Surikov
Art Institute. U
pon returning from Russia, h
e became a workshop instructor at
Addis Ababa University. His work experience is diverse - from creating ill
ustrations for children's books
at Macmillan
Publishers,
to restoration of wall frescoes for Addis Ababa Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Bef
ore he left Ethiopia in 2005,
Yohannes
regularly participated in both regional and international solo
and group shows. Since arriving
in the
United States,
Yohannes
has continued to actively exhibit his art both regionally and nationally.
Yohannes
Tesfaye
focuses
on two an
d three-dimensional paintings
in acrylic and oil on canvas, wood, fiberglass and
a variety of other mixed media.
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PALM BLISS
20 x 54"
$2,800
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PERSERVERANCE
6 x 60"
$3,200
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PART OF SOMETHING MORE
12 x 48"
$2,600
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PALMS AND CLOUDS
30 x 30"
$6,300
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CANINES AND COLOR
30 x 30"
$1,900
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SOMMER'S DAY
16 x 12"
$1,200
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CATALINA
48 x 36"
$4,800
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THE BOYS IN THE BOAT
30 x 30"
$1,200
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LA JOLLA BLOOMS
12 x 12"
$550
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BLUE
14.75 x 20.75"
$2,100
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BLUE JAC
40 x 60"
$7,800
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DREAMING
42 x 34"
$1,800
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IN THE BLUE
60 x 42"
$3,250
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SERENE ISLAMORADA
36 x 32"
$2,500
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MUSE
36 x 24"
$1,080
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The Gallery is pleased to present a solo show featuring semi-precious stone artist
TESA MICHAELS
, September 1-17, 2017!
REGISTER
for her artist reception
on September 9th, 7:00 - 9:00pm.
More details to come!
ABOUT TESA MICHAELS:
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ABOUT US
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~ Nicole & Phylicia
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