Intérieur-Extérieur
By Lida | May 14, 2008
Regard
sur la double vie des Iraniennes : Intérieur-Extérieur
Pendant ces années, beaucoup de mes amies m’ont demandé étonnamment si j’allais mettre un foulard lors de mon arrivée en Iran. Chaque fois, je leur réponds en souriant : je le mettrais même avent que je descende de l’avion ; c’est-à-dire que je serais obligée de le mettre , alors que je suis toujours en avion.
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Mirrored in Water / Dans le miroir de l’eau
By Lida | May 2, 2007
I took this series of photographs at the Seine River bank in Paris in the summer of 2004. They are mostly abstract presentations of human figures, symbolising universal human relations.
The photographs have not been manipulated in any way except for standard colour/contrast adjustments. No graphic or other filters whatsoever have been used. I have achieved the desired effects by playing with light and - as the name of the series implies - reflection.
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Élection murale
By Lida | May 1, 2007
Regard sur les affiches des candidats aux élections présidentielles françaises de 2007
A Lille ou à Valenciennes, Lida a pris en photo les affiches de la campagne présidentielle. Ce sont les transformations subies par les affiches au gré des superpositions, mutilations et autres déchirures qui ont attiré son attention. Lida a alors passé plusieurs jours à parcourir la ville à la recherche de combinaisons originales et frappantes, en s’efforçant toujours de choisir le bon angle et le bon cadrage de façon à faire ressortir le conflit sous-jacent entre l’individuel et le social.
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Caged
By Lida | April 29, 2007
While working on the “Iranian Gardens” project, I couldn’t help picturing some of these forms lying in ruin and captivity, as if they were denied the chance to grow and multiply, as if all they could do was to witness growth and movement, of which they themselves had no share.
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Thorn Field
By Lida | April 29, 2007
It all started from a visit to a flower market, nothing out of the ordinary really, until...
Until I saw some thorn bushes lying in a corner, and that started images rushing to my mind: thorns in the sand, a whole field of them...
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Plates
By Lida | April 29, 2007
These are a series of plates with designs that draw from traditional Persian elements and develop them in an abstract manner. Another feature of these plates is their glaze - my attempt at producing a certain reduction glaze which would enhance their abstract quality.
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Buried
By Lida | April 28, 2007
In a rectangular area, symbolising a mass grave, amidst a pile of dust and rubble, lie a thousand human heads of an abstract design.
Of these forms which range in colour from grey and cream to red, about 600 are glazed and the rest are not.
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Fish
By Lida | April 28, 2007
My “Fish” impart a feeling halfway between life and death, and, depending on where and how they are installed, may resemble either. Arranged in water, they can be taken as a symbol of life and reawakening. Against a parched gloomy background, they may denote death and doom. And, installed in a dark pool of tar, they can be a protest against the destruction of our natural environment.
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Growth (Persian Garden)
By Lida | April 28, 2007
“Growth” is a symbolic work, a very abstract representation of a Persian garden, which both from the conceptual and the arrangement point of view, exhibits the juxtaposition of unity and plurality, a concept that is very close to the heart of Iranian art and culture.
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Relief
By Lida | April 27, 2007
Over years I have done a number of clay wall and mural works, including works installed in:
- Science and Technology Centre (Shahr-e-Rey)
- Enghelab Sports Complex (Tehran)
- Pardis Commercial Complex (Chabahar), ...
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