Exhibition

Azadeh Hamzeii: In the Cuts

Image: Azadeh Hamzeii, untitled, 2018, courtesy the artist.

When

03 December 2021 -
18 December 2021

Location

Metro Arts, West End

97 Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane QLD

Opening hours:
Please refer to Metro Arts website for exhibition visitation hours.

See event on Metro Arts website

Azadeh Hamzeii presents new work commissioned by Metro Arts in association with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.

With a focus on the dialogues between the individual and the universal, Azadeh Hamzeii mines her personal history and cultural background as an Iranian based in Meanjin (Brisbane).

Hamzeii draws from a range of subjects and materials including votive offerings, beeswax, fishing hooks, her father’s old film negatives, and Keffiyeh, to investigate the localised significance of objects and the potential to elevate their meaning, creating a broader human narrative.

Download the catalogue essay here.

Image process of the artist sanding resin. Azadeh Hamzeii: In the Cuts, 2021
Azadeh Hamzeii, In the Cuts (installation and detail views), Metro Arts, 2021; photo: Kyle Weise, courtesy the artist.
Azadeh Hamzeii, In the Cuts (installation and detail views), Metro Arts, 2021; photo: Kyle Weise, courtesy the artist.
Azadeh Hamzeii, In the Cuts (installation and detail views), Metro Arts, 2021; photo: Kyle Weise, courtesy the artist.
Azadeh Hamzeii, In the Cuts (installation and detail views), Metro Arts, 2021; photo: Kyle Weise, courtesy the artist.
Azadeh Hamzeii, In the Cuts (installation and detail views), Metro Arts, 2021; photo: Kyle Weise, courtesy the artist.
Azadeh Hamzeii, In the Cuts (installation and detail views), Metro Arts, 2021; photo: Kyle Weise, courtesy the artist.
Azadeh Hamzeii, In the Cuts (installation and detail views), Metro Arts, 2021; photo: Kyle Weise, courtesy the artist.
  
Image process of the artist sanding resin. Azadeh Hamzeii: In the Cuts, 2021

Top image: Image: Azadeh Hamzeii, untitled, 2018, courtesy the artist.

In the Cuts is presented in 2021 at Metro Arts in collaboration with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Presented at Metro Arts in the Gallery Two at West Village by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and Metro Arts. Supported by City of Sydney and Create NSW Azadeh Hamzeii: A Tool is a Tool was commissioned by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in collaboration with Metro Arts in 2020 for 4A Digital. 

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