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This weekend we’re visiting Sarasota Art Museum $This weekend we’re visiting Sarasota Art Museum to see Unraveling, an exhibition by Terrol Dew Johnson ad Aranda\Lasch, on view until September 26. "The baskets presented here span various designs, materials, and techniques, yet are all rooted in the traditions of basket weaving that bridge various cultures. The assortment of design approaches evident in the baskets speaks to the distinctive traditions of indigenous cultures, but also the freedom each artist possessed to create a unique piece. Grounded in Tohono O’odham weaving tradition, many elements in Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson’s collaborative works will be recognizable in the baskets, such as the coil technique and organic materials from the Sonoran Desert region. Yet much like the centuries of indigenous basket weavers that preceded them, Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson express their individual creativity by morphing cultural customs with contemporary design language. Johnson notes the significance of the exhibition title, Unraveling, and its relationship to the rite of artistic freedom: Unraveling is my take on the whole show because it’s not traditional, but the idea of it being a basket and my interpretation of the basket is what the show is about. The baskets are unraveling and becoming a totally different thing. For instance, with [these] baskets, what if we unraveled them and there was a copper rod in there, but if you don’t see it, you don’t know.” https://www.sarasotaartmuseum.org/arandalasch-terrol-dew-johnson/ @saraotaartmuseum @arandalasch @nationalbasketryorganization #basketry #basketmakers #basketmaker #basketweaving #sculpture #sculpturalbasket #3D$

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