{"id":1420,"date":"2021-02-28T07:12:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T07:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kublaiart.com\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2021-02-28T07:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T07:17:09","slug":"tangled-dreams-by-kublai-millan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kublaiart.com\/?p=1420","title":{"rendered":"Tangled Dreams by Kublai Millan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1420\" class=\"elementor elementor-1420\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14c7215b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default stylepress-section-color-normal\" data-id=\"14c7215b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-613e611\" data-id=\"613e611\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4db4a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b4db4a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Tangled Dreams is an example of the artist\u2019s Shedding: the exhibited series of paintings on canvass featuring overlapping textile patterns are essentially \u2018dead skin cells,\u2019 the real art being in the artist\u2019s process of exploring possibilities in motif (and meaning) with this act of entanglement. It is both a playful exercise in serendipity, and a frustrated pursuit of new forms by re-imagining the old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The patterns used are from textile traditions that conceive motifs through dreaming. The artist\u2019s deliberate choice of tapping into traditional motifs also makes this series a somber reflection on the state of art itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"653\" src=\"http:\/\/kublaiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/154765904_1578160785712016_7136576721995128325_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kublaiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/154765904_1578160785712016_7136576721995128325_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kublaiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/154765904_1578160785712016_7136576721995128325_n-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kublaiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/154765904_1578160785712016_7136576721995128325_n-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than following the trend towards conservatism, the artist chooses instead to re-imagine traditional patterns as opportunities for contemporary abstraction. 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Resisting against received notions of harmony and order, the artist sees this entanglement \u2013 a big part of our contemporary reality \u2013 as a fertile source of new expression.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Join Kublai Millan tomorrow, February 27, 4PM as he shows us, through his collection, the experience of finding love and romance in all its many forms, corners, shadows, and lines giving a different meaning to what we thought we already understand.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Form Finding is part of the Romance with Forms exhibit that will run from February 27 to March 12, 2021 at the The BauHaus Gallery, Dona Vicenta Road, Bajada, Davao City.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kublai.millan.9\/posts\/1578160845712010\">Kublai Millan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tangled Dreams is an example of the artist\u2019s Shedding: the exhibited series of paintings on canvass featuring overlapping textile patterns are essentially \u2018dead skin cells,\u2019 the real art being in the artist\u2019s process of exploring possibilities in motif (and meaning) with this act of entanglement. 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