Ala Dehghan – Jump-Cut to Eyeline-Match

Otto Zoo presenta Jump-Cut to Eyeline-Match: Forgetting the Sound of Her Voice, la prima personale in Italia di Ala Dehghan, artista iraniana che da alcuni anni vive e lavora a New York.

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Otto Zoo presenta Jump-Cut to Eyeline-Match: Forgetting the Sound of Her Voice, la prima personale in Italia di Ala Dehghan, artista iraniana che da alcuni anni vive e lavora a New York. La mostra, in collaborazione con Maria Carpaneto Albani, comprende il suo lavoro piú recente: collage realizzati con immagini, detriti e materiale organico, raccolti tra Brooklyn, Teheran e altri luoghi visitati dall’artista.
I collage di Dehghan mostrano un impulso a dissezionare – fisicamente, teoricamente e psicologicamente – una serie di materiali comuni per creare un canale attraverso il quale le forze sociopolitiche e culturali che li hanno originati possano essere riproiettate all’esterno, grazie alla loro distruzione e ricostruzione.

Ala Dehghan è nata a Teheran nel 1982. Le sue personali più recenti includono The Upside-down Scenery, Kalfayan Galleries di Atene e I can explain everything alla Thomas Erben Gallery di New York. Ha partecipato a residenze al Vermont Studio Center e alla Delfina Foundation, ed è stata finalista del Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize. Nel 2013 ha conseguito un MFA in Painting and Printmaking alla Yale University School of Art. Attualmente vive e lavora a Brooklyn.

ALA DEHGHAN. Jump-Cut to Eyeline-Match: Forgetting the Sound of Her Voice
Otto Zoo in collaboration with Maria Carpaneto Albani

OTTO ZOO
Via Vigevano 8 – 20144 Milan

OPENING: TUESDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2015, h 18,30
2nd December 2015 – 30th January 2016

Otto Zoo, in collaboration with Maria Carpaneto Albani, is pleased to announce Jump-Cut to Eyeline-Match: Forgetting the Sound of Her Voice, a solo exhibition of recent work by Ala Dehghan.
Composed from the media, detritus, and organic matter of Brooklyn, Tehran, and many places in between, Dehghan’s collages exhibit an impetus to dissect-physically, theoretically, and psychologically - a select collection of extant materials in order to provide a channel through which the sociopolitical, cultural, and mimetic forces that produced them may be projected outward through their own destruction, reconstruction, and reconfiguration.

Ala Dehghan was born in Tehran in 1982. Other recent solo exhibitions include The Upside-down Scenery at Kalfayan Galleries in Athens, and I can explain everything at Thomas Erben Gallery in New York. She has held residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and The Delfina Foundation. She received her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University in 2013. She currently lives and works in
Brooklyn.