Handwork Searching #3 by Indira Freitas Johnson

Mixed media, 15" x 10" x 4", 2021

Value: $500; Opening Bid: $250; Buy Now: $650

Artist Bio:

Award winning artist, Indira Freitas Johnson's identity has evolved as part sculptor, cultural worker, peace activist and educator. Johnson grew up in Mumbai, India and received undergraduate degrees from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, and the University of Bombay and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The recipient of numerous grants and awards Johnson has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is represented in numerous private and public collections including the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI. City of Evanston and the Chicago Transit Authority.

About This Piece:

"For over a decade, I have been using discarded objects in combination with my sculptural work to create new objects that explore the constant process of transformation and change in the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Hands and feet, symbols that appear in practically every culture since the dawn of civilization, are of special significance to me and thus continue to dominate my work. Hands are the principal way that work is accomplished and signify the action of karma."