MARYAM RAHIMPOUR, WITH HER COLLECTION 'COLD', CREATES A BOUNDARY-BREAKING SITUATION. THESE ARE PLIABLE AND RESILIENT WEAVINGS THAT TAKE ON AN ORGANIC FORM, RESEMBLING ANCIENT ARMOR OR DARK, HEAVY WALLS, DELIBERATELY ENCROACHING UPON THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ARTIST, THE WORK, AND THE AUDIENCE, BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THEM.
IN ENCOUNTERING THESE WORKS, OUR MINDS COMPRESS AND CONTRACT THE ORDERLY AND REGULATED STRUCTURE OF THE TEXTURE. RAHIMPOUR'S ARTWORKS, THROUGH THE REPETITIVE PROCESS OF CRAFTING METALLIC LOOPS, SHAPE A FORMLESS FORM TO REVEAL AN INVISIBLE BODY. THE INTERTWINED EXISTENCE OF OURSELVES AND OBJECTS IN THE EMBODIED WORLD IS MADE OF THE SAME TEXTURE AND FLESH. THIS FLESH OF THE WORLD, UNSTABLE AND EXPOSED, SURRENDERS TO GRAVITY AND, THROUGH OPENNESS, CREATES AN ACTIVE ENCOUNTER FOR THE AUDIENCE. THROUGH THE INTERVENTION IN THE VOLUME AND PLACEMENT OF THE SCULPTURES, THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE SCULPTURE AND US DISSOLVES, ENABLING US TO TOUCH OURSELVES AND CONFRONT THE INVISIBLE THROUGH THE VISIBLE BODY OF THE WORK. THE 'COLD' EXHIBITION IS A GATHERING OF ARMORS THAT BRING AN ABSENT BODY INTO PRESENCE.
NEGAR NADERIPOUR