cole sternberg

in Cole Sternberg’s hands, an antique rug becomes both material and record. screen print, acrylic and fragments of language are layered over historic weavings, allowing his preoccupation with time, erasure and human impermanence to unfold across surfaces already shaped by age.

the collection moves through Agra, Mahal, Sivas, Heriz, Ravar Kerman and other traditions. each work preserves the presence of its original weaving while introducing a contemporary intervention, bringing different histories together in a single, unresolved composition.