We are pleased to present Aomi Kikuchi, an artist who works across creative disciplines but is connected throughout with a commitment to transformation and compassion, as part of our latest feature in Singulart magazine. Inspired by Buddha’s teachings on impermanence, Aomi draws on the mono no a-wa-re tradition of Japanese aesthetics (translated as ‘the distinct beauty of things passing’), and…
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This week, Frieze art fair in London is featuring a series called Woven: a special exhibition that explores “textiles, weaving, and the legacies of colonialism” through the work of eight international textile-based artists. Textiles often are categorized somewhere between art and craft, and this has led to debates on its aesthetic value for centuries. To give you a brief history…