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"Design Is Magic" Exhibit Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2003 |
The Exhibit A cross, an evil eye & a star of David on a mobile |
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![]() Sabrina Fresko ![]() Welcoming winter: Silver woven scarf, 2003 ![]() The mobile Sculptures to wear In the news Shadow (hai-ku) About Sabrina Contact info Home | For the exhibition "Design is Magic" I wanted to question the effects of traditional religious symbols in our daily life, art and design and interpret their reflections and projections in a symbolic way. I created a big mobile, which, on one arm had a cross, a star of David, and an evil eye. I printed on these, portraits of artists who symbolized the changes in the 20th century to show how we turned our back on religion and stepped into a new way of life. On the cross, I printed the self-portraits and The Last Supper by Andy Warhol to reflect how futility and nothingness prevaled in western art. On the evil eye, a portrait of Orhan Gencebay symbolised the migration of the masses to the cities Turkey and the growth of the Arabesque culture in Turkey.
On the star of David, the portrait of Mischa Maisky symbolises the contribution of the Jewish community to the arts worldwide. On the other arm of the mobile lifesize human figures modern jewelery items are displayed to show another dimension of the objects . Modern people are looking for jewelery that will reflect themselves and take its value from the designer's ideas, and the choice of the wearer . All those figures have moved endlessly giving infinite variations of shadows.
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