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World Religions United in Art
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What happens when the visual vocabu­
laries of different religions are unified in an art
piece?
Award winning artist Tamara English dis­
covered similarities in the decorative ele­
ments of Islamic tile-work and Christian me­
dieval illuminated manuscripts. She began
exploring how these elements worked to­
gether and the result is “The Universal Book
of Hours,” a series of oil paintings on paper
which will be exhibited from Dec. 1 to Dec. 20
at the North Portland Library, 512 N.
Killingsworth St.
Each piece references a specific time of
day for prayer and contemplation according
to different religions, including the five daily
prayers in Islam and the monastic schedule of
prayer in the Christian tradition.
“The paintings are explorations of what is
sacred to each of us, beyond religion,” says
English, “I was curious about how we engage
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important to us to shape this understanding.”
She explains how the controversy over the Islamic commu­
nity center near Ground Zero in New York illustrated the lack of
tolerance among different religions. Her Universal Book of
Hours explores the meeting place of these differing belief
systems, ultimately asking the viewer to examine his or her own
understanding of what is sacred beyond label or doctrine, to
allow more respect and tolerance for different paths.
English has exhibited extensively in the Pacific Northwest. In
the last year her paintings have been exhibited in New York and
Chicago.
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