Join artist, Sayeh Behnam, and her powerful collection of work bridging fine art and modern craft titled, "Strait of Hormoz".
Join artist, Sayeh Behnam, and her powerful collection of work bridges fine art and modern craft. Her recent collection of handmade one of a kind pieces are titled "Strait of Hormoz"
Artist Statement:
These wall reliefs are meticulously built petal by petal from thousands of individually torn and folded sheets of handmade Mulberry, Kozo, and various papers. Next the paper is hand-layered with red, yellow, and brown ochre personally gathered from the Strait of Hormuz years ago. These surfaces are neither painting nor sculpture but something new: tactile, organic, and continuously alive as they are engage with the light of the room.
Following the recent regional conflict, the pigments carried a different weight. I felt called to build - and to burn - in response.
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Highlights
- 3 hours
- In person
Location
Ovissi Boutique
11932 Democracy Drive
Reston, VA 20190
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