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Artworks
Cecilia Charlton American, b. 1985
The dawn of a new day [purple and yellow], 2020Hand-embroidered wool thread and acrylic paint on canvas, stretched over 23 ¾ Carat gold gilded panel89 x 89 cmCopyright The ArtistFurther images
The Dawn of a New Day series takes on many cultural touchpoints. The half-spheres framed in the centre of each artwork simulate the rising of the sun, or could be...The Dawn of a New Day series takes on many cultural touchpoints. The half-spheres framed in the centre of each artwork simulate the rising of the sun, or could be interpreted on the molecular level as a ruptured atom in the process of nuclear fission. The colours of each artwork were chosen to align with different chakras, or psychic energy centres within the body. The colours correspond thus: violet = crown chakra (top of the head); blue = throat chakra; yellow = solar plexus chakra (chest); red = root chakra (base of the torso/ pelvic floor). These potent artworks carry references to science, meditation, and cultural shifts all through the medium of textiles.
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