Pacita Abad
Pacita Abad's painting is characterized by color, constant change and experimentation from the 1970s right up to her passing in 2004. Pacita's most extensive body of work is her vibrantly, colorful, trapunto paintings, mixed media painted textile collages and abstract assemblages. Many are very large canvases incorporating hand-stitched textiles, ribbons, sequins, beads, buttons, tin, mirrors and many other found objects the artist collected during her travels throughout Africa, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. During her 32-year career Pacita also created works on a complete range of other materials including paper, prints, bark cloth, metal, ceramics and glass. Just a few months before she passed away, Pacita painted a 55-meter long bridge in Singapore and covered it with 2,350 multicolored circles.
Pacita's lime green 2003 (oil, painted tin, painted cloth stitchecd on canvas)
Red Squares 1998 (oil, painted handwoven cloth, painted tin stitched on canvas)
Beads around her waist, 1997 (oil, painted handwoven cloth stitched on canvas)
Solo 1999 (batik cloth stitched on canvas)
Art is Ecstasy II, 1997 (oil, painted cloth, sequins, beads, buttons stitched on canvas)
Art is Ecstasy V, 1997 (oil painted cloth, sequins, beads, buttons stitched on canvas)
Beads around her waist, 1997 (oil, painted handwoven cloth stitched on canvas)
Bumbu-Bumbu 2000 (oil, mirrors stitched on canvas)
Change is in the air II 1995 (oil, alkyd, dyed cloth, painted cloth, mirrors, buttons stitched on canvas)
Change is in the air I, 1995 (oil, alkyd, dyed cloth, painted cloth stitched on canvas)
Dayak burning 1998 (oil, painted handwoven cloth stitched on canvas)
Dazed and confused 1999 (oil, painted buttons, painted cloth stitched on canvas)
Don't hang up 1997 (oil, painted handwoven cloth stitched on canvas)
Flurry of movement 1998 (oil, painted handwoven cloth stitched on canvas)
Forbidden fruit 2000 (oil, mirrors stitched on canvas)
Glorious Blue 2003 (oil, painted cloth, painted tin stitched on canvas)
Hermes 2000 (oil, mirrors stitched on canvas)
Hold that pink 2002 (oil, mirrors, painted cloth stitched on canvas)
Honey and Saffron, 2000 (oil, mirrors stitched on canvas)
I'm so jealous 2001 (oil, mirrors stitched on canvas)
In another world 2002 (oil, mirrors, painted cloth stitched on canvas)
Life is a series of doors 1998 (oil painted tin stitched on canvas)
Mesmerized 2001 (oil, mirror stitched and collaged on canvas)
Mischievous urge II 2001 (oil, painted buttons stitched on canvas)