LIFE IN THE ARMS OF DEATH

20 October 2024 - 15 October 2024

Statement

  An embrace is the act of holding another’s body and soul within the space of two arms, pressing them close to one’s chest.
To hold and to keep.
An embrace is the discovery of the other—a body lived, with its scars.
An embrace is healing, and yet it is fraught with helplessness.
One cannot pass through what is pressed upon the soul,
cannot erase another’s wounds in an embrace,
cannot heal another’s pain with one’s own existence.
Thus, one must inevitably let go…
And death is letting go—moving away from the embrace.
You cannot hold someone in your arms unless you know how to let them go.
An embrace is to take the body in, so that it may be released.
For living,
for growing anew from wounds and souls…
Life…
is staring death in the eye
and choosing to live.

Selected Works

Siavashan's Blood/ Oil Pastel on Cardboard/ H 70 × W 50 cm/ H 27.5 × W 19.6 in/ 2024

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Wish/ Oil Pastel on Cardboard/ H 42 × W 30 cm/ H 16.5 × W 11.8 in/ 2024

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Pray for Me/ Ink on Cardboard/ H 21 × W 15 cm/ H 8.3 × W 5.9 in/ 2024

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Embrace 1/ Ink on Cardboard/ H 15 × W 21 cm/ H 5.9 × W 8.3 in/ 2024

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Mandrake/ Oil Pastel on Cardboard/ H 100 × W 70 cm/ H 39.4 × W 27.5 in/ 2024

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Farewell/ Oil Pastel on Cardboard/ H 50 × W 70 cm/ H 19.6 × W 27.5 in/ 2024

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Installation Views

LIFE IN THE ARMS OF DEATH/ Installation view/ 2024

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LIFE IN THE ARMS OF DEATH/ Installation view/ 2024

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LIFE IN THE ARMS OF DEATH/ Installation view/ 2024

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LIFE IN THE ARMS OF DEATH/ Installation view/ 2024

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LIFE IN THE ARMS OF DEATH/ Installation view/ 2024

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