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In beadwork by California desert artist Panda Landa, candy-pink capitals read PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO MY HEART in three lines on …
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In beadwork by California desert artist Panda Landa, candy-pink capitals read PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO MY HEART in three lines on a pearly, pale pink-white ground, appearing as if through mist. The beads are tiny and glassy, catching a faint iridescence, and the pink-on-pink contrast is gentle enough that the words need a moment to arrive. Up close, the rows of beads are tight and neat, and the panel's edges ripple slightly. Panda Landa, a self-taught artist who works through instinct and improvisation, lets the phrase and the form stay simple. The beaded panel sits against natural linen in a white box frame, and it has a soft, glowing presence on a pale wall.
A tender, pale piece for a bedroom, a dressing room, a nursery or a bathroom. The candy pink and pearl suit white walls, light wood, blush linen and gold accents, and the wide format fits above a bed, a dresser or a vanity. It works especially well on a wall with soft daylight, where the iridescent beads can shimmer.
Beads, 15 x 7 x 1.75 in (38.1 x 17.8 x 4.4 cm). Framed in white, mounted against natural linen.
These panels are made of tiny beads built up in tight horizontal rows, with each letter formed by changing the bead color from row to row. The finished rectangle is slightly irregular at its edges, a soft, handmade shape rather than a rigid one, and it is mounted against natural linen inside a white box frame. The wording is short and personal, set in blocky, grid-like lettering that echoes pixels, stitches and early screen type.
Panda Landa (b. 1982) is a queer, non-binary visual artist and filmmaker raised in the Nevada desert and now based in Joshua Tree, California. Self-taught, they work through instinct and improvisation, making mixed-media textile pieces from second-hand fabrics that are dyed by hand, stitched and stretched over frames. Sustainability is central to the practice, and every cloth arrives with its own history.
Their ongoing series, including PORTAL, ALTAR, ECLIPSE, VESSEL and RITUAL, touch on queerness, identity, ancestral narrative, healing and transformation, and more recent beaded panels carry short, tender phrases in color. Landa made the 2022 film In the Middle of Everywhere and has offered a workshop on giving new life to clothes at the Joshua Tree Music Festival.
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