Opening Vernissage : Morvarid K, COLD LACE
Morvarid K, Cold Lace (solo show)
07.06. - 08.07.2018
Vernissage : 07.06.2018, 19:00
Performance : 14.06.2018, 19:30 (doors open at 7pm)
Green Hill Gallery glad to invite to you the opening of « Cold Lace », solo show of Morvarid K, happening on the 7th of June 2018.
Born in Tehran (IR), Morvarid K spent her life in many countries. Based in Bordeaux (FR) since 2015, she always come back to her roots. This constant movement across borders and « return » to the origins, to Iran, has a significant impact on her artistic process.
The exhibition will show a body of work from the « Cold Lace » series realised in 2017. In Tehran, on rooftops or indoors, she photographs young women, objects and architecture. The golden ink, directly applied on the photographs, becomes part of the image, injecting a new visual substance and layer of imagination.
Intrigued by the human complexity, Morvarid K aims at creating bridges between past and present, reality and fiction, as well as identities and cultures. She grounds her artistic work in what she calls the « invisible frontiers ». In these in-between time and spaces, she makes opposing forces interact in order to transcend the beauty, the poetry, as well as the absurdity of our private world and society.
Transcending beauty through tension, suffering, compulsion, brutality and ugliness is also the process of Butoh (dance). Moreover, Morvarid K. is collaborating with Yuko Kaseki, choreographer, performer and Butoh dancer based in Berlin.
Morvarid K and Yuko Kaseki will also live perform at the gallery on the 14th of June at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm).
The exhibition runs until the 8th of July.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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Born in Tehran (IR) in 1982, Morvarid K lives and works in Bordeaux (FR) since 2015. Self-taught after a short time at Ecole des Beaux Arts of Bordeaux, Morvarid K started her artistic career in 2011, in Singapore, represented by Yavuz gallery. Her art pieces have a photographic base, refined through collages, superposition, sometimes layered with ink and drawings. They are often unique pieces. Morvarid K has recently expanded her horizons by exploring her themes through performances and interdisciplinary collaborations with artists such as Sherwood Chen and the butoh choreographer Yuko Kaseki.
The work of Morvarid K has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, Middle East and United States, in solo and group shows, along with artists such as Shadi Ghadirian and Manit Sriwanichpoom. She also participated in an exhibition at the Folk and Craft museum of Los Angleles, and several art fairs, including New Delhi and Abu Dhabi. Her art works are in collections such as the Lespien Art Foundation of Düsseldorf, the Behnam Bakhtiar Foundation of Monaco and The Pejman Foundation of Tehran.
www.morvarid-photography.com
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Yuko Kaseki is a director, choreographer, Butoh dancer, performer, improviser and teacher. Based in Berlin since 1995, she co-founded the dance company cokaseki and was involved in various solo and collective projects,which were performed in 27 countries. Aspoetic and vivid images incorporating the spirit of Butoh, her performances aims to reflect the outsider’s existence.
www.cokaseki.com
