Nashville, Tennessee
Contemporary Art Gallery
237 Rep. John Lewis Way N. 37219
Tuesday–Saturday 10:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
615.255.7816
REPRESENTED ARTISTS
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Jaq Belcher
Patricia Bellan-Gillen
Jane Braddock
Arden Bendler Browning
Tiffany Calvert
Carla Ciuffo
Wesley Clark
Jason Craighead
The Estate of Arlyn Ende
Jeanie Gooden
Andy Harding
The Estate of Jack Hastings
Sky Kim
Mary Long
Carol Mode
Marilyn Murphy
Lovie Olivia
James Perrin
Sisavanh Phouthavong
Tyler Shields
Brian Tull
Wendy Walker Silverman
David Yarrow
Patricia Bellan-Gillen
Jane Braddock
Arden Bendler Browning
Tiffany Calvert
Carla Ciuffo
Wesley Clark
Jason Craighead
The Estate of Arlyn Ende
Jeanie Gooden
Andy Harding
The Estate of Jack Hastings
Sky Kim
Mary Long
Carol Mode
Marilyn Murphy
Lovie Olivia
James Perrin
Sisavanh Phouthavong
Tyler Shields
Brian Tull
Wendy Walker Silverman
David Yarrow
EXHIBITED ARTISTS
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David Onri Anderson
Reed Anderson
Scott Andresen
Josh Azzarella
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett
Alex Blau
Andrés Bustamante
Amelia Briggs
Dan Charbonnet
Stephen Collier
D-Tag
Shane Darwent
Cherie Benner Davis
Courtney Egan
Rory Emmett
Alyss Estay
Abdi Farah
Lanie Gannon
Dave Greber
Martica Griffin
Leah Guadagnoli
Richard Harris
Alvaro Ilizarbe
John Paul Kesling
Francesco Lo Castro
Bonnie Maygarden
Andy Mister
Cristina Molina
Aliza Morell
Nick Naber
Fahamu Pecou
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Amber Robles-Gordon
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Jeff Scott
Bret Shirley
Joey Slaughter
Elise Thompson
Kelli Thompson
Ellen Weider
Herb Williams
Leif Zikade
Reed Anderson
Scott Andresen
Josh Azzarella
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett
Alex Blau
Andrés Bustamante
Amelia Briggs
Dan Charbonnet
Stephen Collier
D-Tag
Shane Darwent
Cherie Benner Davis
Courtney Egan
Rory Emmett
Alyss Estay
Abdi Farah
Lanie Gannon
Dave Greber
Martica Griffin
Leah Guadagnoli
Richard Harris
Alvaro Ilizarbe
John Paul Kesling
Francesco Lo Castro
Bonnie Maygarden
Andy Mister
Cristina Molina
Aliza Morell
Nick Naber
Fahamu Pecou
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Amber Robles-Gordon
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Jeff Scott
Bret Shirley
Joey Slaughter
Elise Thompson
Kelli Thompson
Ellen Weider
Herb Williams
Leif Zikade
UPCOMING & RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming:
Recent:
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Arden Bendler Browning | Black Forest
Lily Prince | Beneath the Moon, Under the Sky
Jeanie Gooden & Brandon Reese | Two Person Exhibition
Recent:
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline | Drinking Tears
Elspeth Schulze | Hold Water
Sisavanh Phouthavong | ctrl + alt + del
Reed Anderson | Tender Garden
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January 6, 2024 - February 17, 2024
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Madiha Siraj engages with the constraints of non-representation traditionally adhered to by Islamic artists, creating intricately-patterned circular works which gesture towards the divine. Using polymer clay, Siraj constructs thousands of small floral forms, adhering them to circular panels in geometric patterns and shimmering gradients.
Siraj’s work is a conscious evasion of the “cult of the artist,” which enshrined every gesture of the mid-century abstract giants in the art-historical canon. Instead, Siraj employs a geometric process which forgoes ego.
Siraj’s work is a conscious evasion of the “cult of the artist,” which enshrined every gesture of the mid-century abstract giants in the art-historical canon. Instead, Siraj employs a geometric process which forgoes ego.
The artist engages with a lineage of Muslim artists who employed mathematical, geometric compositions that would allow other artists to replicate their patterns, or to carry on work after the death of an individual artist.
The notion of infinity is implied across several aspects of Siraj’s work: in the potentiality of an ever-expanding pattern, in the gestalt whole formed by innumerable tiny clay pieces, in her use of circles—a line with no end point as well as an earthly reflection of a divine ideal.
︎︎︎Exhibition List
The notion of infinity is implied across several aspects of Siraj’s work: in the potentiality of an ever-expanding pattern, in the gestalt whole formed by innumerable tiny clay pieces, in her use of circles—a line with no end point as well as an earthly reflection of a divine ideal.
︎︎︎Exhibition List
