The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) in Spokane, Washington had a special exhibition: Humaira Abid: Searching for Home features the artwork of Seattle-based, Pakistan-born artist Humaira Abid.
According to MAC:
“Searching for Home presents a human-scaled look at the worldwide refugee crisis, focusing on the plight of women and girls, who make up a disproportionate percentage of the millions who have fled their home countries as a result of political conflict and strife, domestic abuse, ethnic cleansing, and persecution.”
According to MAC:
“Abid is known for her unique visual language, which includes the discipline of traditional Mughal miniature painting and wood sculpture. Her career-long decision to specialize in woodcarving, a male-dominated field, reflects her commitment to challenging stereotypes and exposing taboos.”
One of the works featured in this exhibition is The World is NOT Perfect, made in 2014-2017 with pine, mahogany, tulip wood, carved; red wood stain.
Humaira Abid: Searching for Home is curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken and organized by the Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA, in partnership with the Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA.
Note: These photos were taken on June 23, 2023.
More MAC exhibitions:
Museum of Arts and Culture: Wood sculpture by Humaira Abid (museum exhibition)
Museum of Arts and Culture: Threshold (museum exhibition)
Museum of Arts and Culture: Two works by Patti Warashina (museum exhibit)
Museum of Arts and Culture: The illustrations of N.C. Wyeth (museum exhibition)
Museum of Arts and Culture: The art of Jamie Wyeth (museum exhibition)
DreamWorks: How to Train Your Dragon (museum tour)
DreamWorks: Madagascar (museum tour)
Museums 101: The Studio Glass Art Movement (Photo Diary)