The hand-glazed and hand-painted gold luster surface of Aria becomes a fragmented canvas for a painterly ceramic rendering inspired by an early thirteenth-century Islamic plate from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Innovations in early Islamic ceramics from this time include minai ware, which introduced polychrome enamel designs and gilding onto previously glazed and fired pottery. Installed in a geometric honeycomb pattern, each round surface serves as an abstract canvas; together, the plates reveal the intricate structure of the original arabesque motif of the historic counterpart.

Materials: 37 hand-painted earthenware plates with underglaze, glaze and 22 karat gold luster

Dimensions: 84h x 65w x 1.5d inches