Shadi Yousefian

Iranian, born 1978

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Medium: Photographs, Works on paper, Sculpture, Original album photos, Fabric packets, Epoxy resion, on Wood panel
Size: 32 x 62 in. (81.3 x 157.5 cm.)

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Los Angeles / West Hollywood

Movement: Contemporary Art
Exhibitions: 06/19/2021–07/17/2021 TRANSFORMATION
Literature: Though memory is essential to our understanding of our contemporary selves, one also has to let go of aspects of the past in order to be fully present. Going through her old photo albums that she had once carefully put together, perhaps in an attempt to freeze time and to preserve memories, Shadi is now revisiting these treasured containers of memories, but this time carefully cutting out faces and places to which she had once felt a strong attachment. The photos are layered with sheets of translucent paper and placed into small envelopes, and mounted on wood panels. Some of the pieces in this series are also coated over with multiple layers of resin to further distance the viewer from these representations of memories. The fragmented images are muted, almost to a dreamlike quality and are only partially recognizable. The effect is to both preserve this archive of sentiments and attachments, but to also embrace the passage of time and fragility of memory. It is a lifetime of attachments that makes us human and whole, but we can only grasp it through a re-viewing of our memories.