Colorfully Embroidered Vintage Photos of Artists and Cultural Icons by Victoria Villasana — Colossal

Working with appropriated vintage photographs of artists, musicians, and politicians, Mexican textile artist Victoria Villasana applies a colorfully whimsical layer of embroidery atop each image. Criss-crosses of color and bright highlights around the eyes seem to lend a sense of empowerment to the works which often depict feminist icons from singer Nina Simone to artist Frida Kahlo. Villasana also takes her works into the streets and creates hybrid yarn bomb paste-ups from small stickers to entire murals. More

Victoria Villasana Archives — Colossal

Colorfully Embroidered Vintage Photos of Artists and Cultural Icons by Victoria Villasana — Colossal

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Architectural Digest India - Nelson Mandela. Textile artist Victoria Villasana, who is based in Mexico, applies colourful embroidery designs to vintage black and white photographs of cultural icons.

Colorfully Embroidered Vintage Photos of Artists and Cultural