Displacement
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread, batting, security blanket
80 x 60 inches
2014
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread, batting, security blanket
80 x 60 inches
2014
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread, batting
30 x 80 inches
2014
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread, batting
30 x 80 inches
2014
Digital print on Japanese paper, elastic thread, wood, foam, plaster, batting, straps
44 x 31 x 24 inches
2014
Digital print on Japanese paper, elastic thread, wood, foam, plaster, batting, straps
44 x 31 x 24 inches
2014
Digital print on Japanese paper, wax, foam core
8 x 10-1/2 x 2 inches each
2015
Digital print on Japanese paper, wax, foam core
8 x 10-1/2 x 2 inches each
2015
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread, batting, straps
20 x 30 x 10 inches
2014
Digital print on Japanese paper, pistachio skin, wax, batting
20 x30 inches
2015
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread, batting
13 x 40 inches
2013
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread
13 x 40 inches
2013
Digital print on Japanese paper, handsewn thread, batting
11 x 17 inches
2013
Most of the images in this ongoing series belong to the works created for the two-person exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles titled: Displacements: The Craft Practices Of Golnar Adili And Samira Yamin curated by Arash Saedinia.
Inspired by my father's collection of photos, letters and travel documents I meditate on diasporic longing and in ways in which our personal lives and connections were severed due to larger political turmoil. In the gallery I set the actual immigration travel documents, photos and letters from which the works presented are inspired from alongside the art pieces to give context to the narrative. This exhibition was reviewed by Abe Ahn in Hyper Allergic: Meditiaonts In Longing