Pacita Abad: A Passion to Paint : Galleries of the World Bank, Washington, DC
Past exhibition
Overview
Sepoc wall, 1985
Oil, acrylic, mirrors and buttons on stitched and padded canvas
116 x 112 in
295 x 285 cm
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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Installation Views
Works
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Sumba to SuluThe Sky is the limit, 2000Oil, painted handwoven cloth, buttons stitched on canvas59 x 167 in
149.9 x 424.2 cm -
Underwater WildernessSepoc wall, 1985Oil, acrylic, mirrors and buttons on stitched and padded canvas116 x 112 in
295 x 285 cm -
Underwater WildernessDumaguete's underwater garden, 1987Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded can85 x 118 in
216 x 300 cm -
Underwater WildernessHundred Islands, 1989Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded canvas72 x 94 in
183 x 239 cm -
Asian AbstractionsDay dream, 1988Oil, plastic buttons, mirrors on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas59 x 83 in
150 x 210 cm -
Asian AbstractionsEcstasy, 1990Acrylic, plastic buttons on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas57 x 79 in
145 x 200 cm -
Asian AbstractionsFreedom from illusion, 1984Oil, painted cloth on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas75 x 81 in
190 x 205 cm -
Asian AbstractionsIntense, 1992Oil, acrylic on silkscreened, stitched and padded canvas84 x 58 in
213 x 147 cm -
Abstract EmotionsTyphoon, 1990Oil, mirrors, plastic buttons on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas83 x 60 in
211 x 152 cm -
Masks and SpiritsFaces, 1983Oil, plastic buttons and rick rack on stitched and padded canvas78 x 57 in
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Masks and SpiritsJurassic park, 2001Oil, plastic buttons, rick rack ribbons stitched on padded canvas70 x 88 in
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BangladeshOld Dhaka, 1978Oil on canvas35 x 49 in
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South Sudan and KenyaFather and son, 1979Oil on canvas35 x 49 in
90 x 125 cm
