ALICE GARIK, Visual Artist:
"Capturing Beauty II"
“Veil, The Well, The Fire”
“Beyond the Veil” is on exhibit with a poem by Iranian poet Ala Khaki from August 5, September 4 .
This collage and the accompanying poem support the struggle of Iranian women and girls for equality
and freedom from the harsh patriarchal rules imposed by the Iranian leadership. Echoing this is a very moving piece published in the New York Times Magazine titled “Dreaming of a New Iran.”
In this work I use the language of forms to connect physically and spiritually with the burden of enforced wearing of a head covering. The forbidding black forms above which the young girl rises, as she looks beyond as if into the future, hold and appear to subdue a woman below them. I also use the language
of color—blue, the color of open skies is intertwined in the girl’s hair and the red lines are for the fires in
Ala Khaki’s poem. With these colors I speak of the yearnings for freedom for the women of Iran.
This collage and the accompanying poem support the struggle of Iranian women and girls for equality
and freedom from the harsh patriarchal rules imposed by the Iranian leadership. Echoing this is a very moving piece published in the New York Times Magazine titled “Dreaming of a New Iran.”
In this work I use the language of forms to connect physically and spiritually with the burden of enforced wearing of a head covering. The forbidding black forms above which the young girl rises, as she looks beyond as if into the future, hold and appear to subdue a woman below them. I also use the language
of color—blue, the color of open skies is intertwined in the girl’s hair and the red lines are for the fires in
Ala Khaki’s poem. With these colors I speak of the yearnings for freedom for the women of Iran.
"Beyond the Veil"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper with Kremer pearlescent watercolor
Framed 39" x 30.5"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper with Kremer pearlescent watercolor
Framed 39" x 30.5"
"Veil, the well, the Fire"
Persian calligraphy by Ala Khaki
Persian calligraphy by Ala Khaki
My artwork involves meditations on global issues which I address by constructing poetic narratives.
I work with analog photography, print and layer negatives by brushing palladium emulsion
on handmade gampi paper. I use the sun to expose my negatives.After development of my prints,
I will paint with Kremer pearlescent watercolor.
I work with analog photography, print and layer negatives by brushing palladium emulsion
on handmade gampi paper. I use the sun to expose my negatives.After development of my prints,
I will paint with Kremer pearlescent watercolor.
"Trembling"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper
Image 21.5" x 15"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper
Image 21.5" x 15"
"Flower Play"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper with Kremer pearlescent watercolor
Image 15" x 21.5"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper with Kremer pearlescent watercolor
Image 15" x 21.5"
"Iris Bloom"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper with Kremer pearlescent watercolor
Image 21.5" x 16"
Palladium on handmade Japanese gampi paper with Kremer pearlescent watercolor
Image 21.5" x 16"