Hadieh Shafie: Surfaced
Surfaced, Hadieh Shafie‘s (b.1969, Iran) first solo exhibition in New York, will be on view at Leila Heller Gallery‘s Chelsea location from 26 February to 11 April.
The exhibition will feature twenty new artworks, building on her much acclaimed past work and exploring new media. An illustrated catalogue with an essay by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve will accompany the exhibition.
The Iranian-born artist’s colourful and multidimensional works defy simple categorisation. The artist layers thousands of strips of hand painted paper, which are then rolled into scrolls and placed within a frame or stacked flat. Inscribed on and concealed within the layers of paper, are words and phrases from the artist’s native Persian language. The repetitive quality is reminiscent of the meditative practices of Sufism.