
Spotlight Artist
Nasim Hantehzadeh
MFA Annual
Artist Statement
This body of work is inspired by making daily drawings that record
my everyday emotions, intuitions, and sentiments. Sometimes
they are abstract, preventing the viewer from reading them
according to the semiology of the visual system that our eyes
are educated with, and sometimes they are recognizable enough
to link the viewer’s eyes to familiar forms such as objects, body
organs, and figures.
In my studio, I start by covering the entire wall with paper. Using
such a large-scale ground allows my body to freely flow around
the work as I make it. The relationship between my body, the
material, and space breaks away the identical boundaries, as if
my body were an object or a molecule moving inside the room.
I move my entire arm while holding a thick graphite stick, and
intuitively begin drawing forms. I then fill them out with colors,
starting with the background. The texture of oil pastel reveals the
record of my arm’s movement.
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