Patterns, Costumes & Stencils – Chant Avedissian africa where he created Radical Blankets

where he created Radical Blankets

Inspired by science fiction writer

Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar chart the development of design in the region

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Patterns, Costumes & Stencils – Chant Avedissian africa where he created Radical BlanketsPatterns, Costumes & Stencils is a reflection of the diverse peoples, cultures, and traditions that have influenced Chant Avedissian's work, from the colorful textiles of Rajasthan and the glazed bricks of Samarkand to Egyptian magazine covers from the 1960s. Avedissian is an artist who continues to provoke through his iconoclastic images that probe ideas of consumerism, art and propaganda, creativity and copyright, and tradition and modernity.