About

Sue Dean presents Headdresses for Peace, integrating eastern, western, and tribal influences, for On the Wall. Her exuberant colors and embellishments reflect the vitality of different cultures she has experienced while traveling and living abroad. Small imbedded totems relate to ceremonies of the world’s people. Dean deconstructs, rips, knots, stitches and glues textiles and found objects. Their coming together fuses the tension between action and pacifism, conflict and peace. Her invented headdresses are imbued with the strength of children’s joy in a world of uncertainty.

Between global …