Pouran Jinchi "Entropy"
Leila Heller Gallery
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An exhibition of 12 new paintings by Pouran Jinchi that explore chaos and disorder will be on view at Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery. The work, from Jinchi’s Entropy series, is composed of intricate layers of calligraphic forms and markings, which develop organically on the canvas. A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
Born in Iran, New York-based Jinchi employs the use of language to deconstruct Persian script to its most basic elements on her canvas. A true reading is rendered impossible, and the viewer is left with forms moving in space. The forms can be seen as tools depicting the idea of language and letters that transcend their implied meaning.
As art historian Media Farzin writes in the catalogue essay, “Pouran Jinchi’s paintings are covered with swarms of Persian letters. The surfaces pulse with movement. Their visual impact is undeniable. But they are not easy to decipher—even for Persian-speakers, even for those familiar with the poetry she copies, which she prefers not to reveal; even for those versed in calligraphic conventions, which she subtly transforms. Are they to be read or to be looked at? Are they abstractions, semi-abstractions, landscapes, whirlpools, cosmic floating bits? They gleefully disperse."
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Schedule
from November 17, 2010 to December 23, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-11-17 from 18:00 to 20:00