Namingha, Les – “Namingha” Hopi Birds & Graffiti Style Jar

7"w x 5.5"h

$ 2,200.00

 

This is a complicated jar by Les Namingha. The shape has an asymmetrically shaped rim and a wide body.  The designs on the jar are painted on in layers.  The lower level has more geometric shapes. The top layers are Les’s signature designs of the pointillism and Hopi birds of various styles.  Les says of this jar that it has, “Traditional Hopi bird designs over abstract urban designs including modern Namingha graffiti stylized tag.”  Of course, the “Namingha” tag is the key to this piece.  It’s as if Les is signaling that here he is creating a new style of his pottery designs.  These pieces speak about the layers in which we find ourselves and the layers of his life from the “modern world” to those of Hopi and Zuni.  It is an interesting path he is taking with his work and certainly visually striking.  Les is a descendant of Nampeyo and learned to make pottery from his aunt Dextra Quotskuyva.  It is signed on the bottom.