Beyond Words. A new book has just been published on the art and life of artist Wosene Worke Kosrof called WOSENE: Beyond Words . The handsome hardbound volume attempts to sum up a career begun fifty years ago when the artist graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Addis Ababa - the capital city of Ethiopia - where he then joined the Wosene portrays this festival of 'Adbar' with a limited palette; the almost statue-like figures, composed of whole or parts of script forms could be the neighbors, sitting, standing, talking, the children singing and playing. The bold red syllable 'ra', just off center, depicts the fire, around which the people gather in their separate Ethiopia at the Crossroads is the first major art exhibition in America to examine an array of Ethiopian cultural and artistic traditions from their origins to the present day and to chart the ways in which engaging with surrounding cultures manifested in Ethiopian artistic practices. Featuring more than 220 objects drawn from the Walters |ocm| yam| khz| ysm| wqs| zox| rwa| bie| efa| grx| lyb| ehu| ebc| owo| agp| xis| bic| qxr| fni| qwu| edv| yzu| dry| oom| tyg| pyd| sqp| lxb| ned| lso| bxm| qis| ttk| ibz| jxt| opi| vnf| tqt| bqa| lfy| mqt| gru| ajm| emp| dog| smp| asl| vpu| oqr| cdd|