"Jowhar". Paper rolls, metal stand, tear catchers, recycled ink, wax, thread - 340x340x515cm Photo credit: Soheil Moradian
Installation of 700 plates wooden shelves, bread dough, variation of 1000-1699 Photo credit: Mohsen Gallery
"Sogand" [lit."sulfur","oath"] installation of a desk, chair, and sulfur Photo credit: Mohsen Gallery
Name
Mahsa Aleph
Biography
Mahsa Aleph is an installation artist who studied fine art at the Tehran University of Art. Aleph’s projects deal with classical Persian literature. She “reinterprets” the content of this discourse in physical forms as if she’s reifying the abstract essence of words into something concrete and tangible. Her work’s central theme is concerned with existential questions regarding human identity and its essence the relationship between a being and its environment. The “historical memory” of materials and objects is a central motif in her installations.
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Artist Statement
“The process is one of significance in my work. The narration of forming an installation is a part of the work. My studio can extend to the deserts around Tehran, salt lake, and a small bread factory and prisons. Observation is the starting point in each installation I create. The next step is writing, which fills the gap between seeing and revealing things for me. It provides an opportunity for a redefinition of phenomena almost far from what others can see. Writing is my first step in the defamiliarization of phenomena. It is the first step I take to reveal “what I see”. Mostly, writing a sentence or a note is the first phase of creating my artwork. Then, in the following stages, it would get a physical and tangible form that can be experienced. I try to transform it into an atmosphere where one can take a step in or jump into it”.
www.mahsaaleph.com
www.mahsaaleph.com