Can These Jugs Sing?

Shifting Sands: Hybrid Rituals & Symbols in Contemporary Culture

An exhibition of works by Serena Korda and Dr. Lakra

Folkloric rituals, from harvest festivals in Sussex to Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, continue to be shaped by the rites and activities which traditionally bound communities together. The symbols, images and materials produced as part of these rituals are often appropriated, developed and repurposed over time to gain new relevance beyond their pagan ritual origins. They are the visual representations of myth and familiarity, fear and hope, and of community identity in a specific place and time.

Shifting Sands brings together the work of two artists who continue these traditions in a contemporary context, working with images and ideas that resonate across time and cultures. The sculptures, collages and drawings presented in this exhibition reach into the past and mix traditional folklore with symbols of contemporary culture. They reflect the evolution in how we think about community, culture and history, and how this has altered over time.

ART

Ashmolean University of Oxford----Musician in a landscape

This painting is attributed to Basawan, one of the leading masters of the Mughal painting workshop under the emperor Akbar (1556-1605). 

This early example of Mughal painting depicts a clean-shaven man wearing a long blue robe and a fur hat of European style. He is sitting cross-legged on a rocky shelf by a stream, with only an attentive jackal and ducks for an audience. His head is inclined in deep reverie as he plays his kamancheh .A gold wine flask and covered vessel stand on either side of him. The receding landscape and its pair of birds and ducks are used to emphasize his solitary and introspective state.

Personally, I need to stress is that the landscape makes me feeling peaceful and come back to countryside in the past period. Besides, I am interested in their costume and accessories. 

Project 1 ----studying v&a

My review

When I study in the course, I found that I am alone to major Fashion Management and Marketing. Besides I do not have experience about drawing and design .So I felt lonely, helpless and dissatisfied for those time I spent. But I was getting happy to acquire knowledge through researched the V&A museum, and then I meet new friends, built a wonderful relationship and keep it for life.

The UCA is most beauty place to study and live. Importantly, I can close the fashionable design and creative. The lion and lamb street is my favorite. During my leisure time, I like have a cup of coffee enjoy my life. In addition to this, I prefer to try the local restaurants .The service was the best in here and the food was yummy and delicious. As I through that the extraordinary personal experience was most valuable and helpful in order to enhance my appreciation ability of art.

Personally, I am interested in V&A‘s historical development .In particular is fashion’s history, because I am fascination in the fashion .Now I could further know my major and expanding my interesting., I obtained a lot of importance information through researched the exhibitions, cultural heritages and displays. Thus I organized my materials and data. I know what is the most importance for my future career planning. Keeping to study the history of fashion ,and reserve useful traditional culture.  In the end , we need to explore own style.