Pacita Abad: A Passion to Paint : Galleries of the World Bank, Washington, DC

Overview

Sepoc wall, 1985

Oil, acrylic, mirrors and buttons on stitched and padded canvas

116 x 112 in
295 x 285 cm

An exhibition of 50 of Pacita Abad's large hand-stitched trapunto paintings from 1980s and 1990s.

 

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Works

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  Untitled, 2016

  Egg tempera on wood panel

  30.5 x 22.86 cm
  12 1/8 x 9 in
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  Sepoc wall, 1985

  Oil, acrylic, mirrors and buttons on stitched and padded canvas

  116 x 112 in
  295 x 285 cm
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  Dumaguete's underwater garden, 1987

  Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded can

  85 x 118 in
  216 x 300 cm
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  Hundred Islands, 1989

  Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded canvas

  72 x 94 in
  183 x 239 cm
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  Day dream, 1988

  Oil, plastic buttons, mirrors on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas

  59 x 83 in
  150 x 210 cm
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  Ecstasy, 1990

  Acrylic, plastic buttons on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas

  57 x 79 in
  145 x 200 cm
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  Freedom from illusion, 1984

  Oil, painted cloth on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas

  75 x 81 in
  190 x 205 cm
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  Intense, 1992

  Oil, acrylic on silkscreened, stitched and padded canvas

  84 x 58 in
  213 x 147 cm
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  Typhoon, 1990

  Oil, mirrors, plastic buttons on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas

  83 x 60 in
  211 x 152 cm
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  Untitled, 1972

  Ink on Paper

  70 x 46 cm
  27 1/2 x 18 1/8 in
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  Jurassic park, 2001

  Oil, plastic buttons, rick rack ribbons stitched on padded canvas

  70 x 88 in
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  Old Dhaka, 1978

  Oil on canvas

  35 x 49 in
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  Father and son, 1979

  Oil on canvas

  35 x 49 in
  90 x 125 cm