Resonating Narratives: The Visual Alchemy of Farhad Ahrarnia, Paul Hughes Fine Arts, Maiden Bradley, 2026.
Continuities, 2000 Years of Female Art in South America, Sala Brazil - Embassy of Brazil, London, 2023.
Huari Culture 100 AD-1200 AD
92 1/8 x 57 1/8 in
on stretcher
Further images
This stunning and monumental example of bold Huari textile aesthetics exemplifies this culture’s technical virtuosity in expressing abstractly the beliefs that man has the power to create order, transcend space and time in a non representative colour field of geometrics. For, surely accustomed as we are with our late XXth century modes of perception freed from representational conventions, the visual impact of this cloth and those of the following group cannot fail to resonate with the archetypal heritage of abstraction inherent within us all.
In the 20th century, influential people in the art world such as Betty Parsons and Andre Emmerich were responsible for bringing these iconic pieces to the attention of artists such as Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko.
Exhibitions
Confluences: 4000 years of South American Art, No.9 Cork Street, London, 2022.
Continuities, 2000 Years of Female Art in South America, Sala Brazil - Embassy of Brazil, London, 2023.
Back to the Future, 40 years of Paul Hughes Fine Arts, Paul Hughes Fine Arts, Maiden Bradley, 2023.
Resonating Narratives: The Visual Alchemy of Farhad Ahrarnia, Paul Hughes Fine Arts, Maiden Bradley, 2026.Literature
Confluences in Art (London: Paul Hughes Fine Arts, 2019), pp. 52–53.Join our mailing list
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