Afruz Amighi "Cages"

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

poster for Afruz Amighi "Cages"

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For this exhibition, Amighi presents 5 new sculptures that reflect the tumultuous political and social history of Iran. Through intricate sculptures with surfaces that suggest beauty and decadence, Amighi creates a precarious balance in her work with forms that allude to underlying narratives of tension and conflict. In "Cages," Amighi casts her unique perspective into the confines of Iranian social, political and cultural institutions through incorporating cage-like features into several works made from base metal chain, aluminum sheet metal and wire. The alluring and provoking facades reveal a power to ensnare and entrap, creating a realm in which violence and tranquility collide. The installation "Cages" presents a collection of slender, bottomless cages that hang at different intervals in fighting formation. Mocking ornate chandeliers with their allusions to missiles and bullets, their numerical configuration represents the number of test missiles launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past two years. Visually playing off of Weber’s sociological concept of ‘iron cages,’ Amighi pushes this translation to represent the cage of Nationalism both in Iran and within herself. The uneasy containment of such patriotism is further reflected in "Mesh," a shawl-like fishing net rendered in base metal chain. "Mesh," another manifestation of the cage, symbolizes the external and internal exoticisation of Iran, a phenomenon inspired from Western bias. By glorifying the ethos of this nation, we become ensnared and overcome by foreign prejudice. Amighi’s cages expose such spectacle as mundane, our complacency and allowance to be entrapped, and Amighi’s efforts to overcome this.

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Schedule

from January 21, 2010 to February 28, 2010

Opening Reception on 2010-01-21 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Afruz Amighi

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