touba: Bita Ghezelayagh, from the series “The Letter that Never Arrived,” 2013 (sou
touba: Bita Ghezelayagh, from the series “The Letter that Never Arrived,” 2013 (source). “The Letter That Never Arrived” or Nameh-i ke hargez naresid in Persian, evokes an interrupted correspondence - personal, cultural and political. “The history of Iran is full of letters from outspoken citizens warning their leaders of the consequences of their actions,” she explains. “So, too, the lives of many ordinary Iranians, myself included, are disjointed but also enriched through distance and displacement.”Ghezelayagh rescues unwanted, often threadbare carpets from homes in the West, and remodels them as shepherd’s cloaks derived from their Middle Eastern origins. She washes, deconstructs, disfigures and re-conceives these textiles, giving them a new life and dignity by placing them on a stand, transforming a floor covering into a sculpture. “The carpets are themselves hybrids, composed of more than one decorative tradition,” she says. “I make them more so. My pieces may include fragments of different carpets of varying styles and provenances, sewn together.” She then animates the works, building meaning through layering the cloaks with metal charms and embroidery and giving them a “breastplate” made from her personal collection of pen nibs.” (via) -- source link
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