In her Blanc Gallery exhibition, Maryam Taghavi seeks to transcend the physical world in the solo exhibition “A Leap Has No Return,” on now through May 14. | ✍️ booksnotboys
In her solo exhibition “A Leap Has No Return,” at Blanc Gallery, Maryam Taghavi uses symbols to explore the visionary capabilities of “female agency."A sigil is a symbol believed to have supernatural powers. In Simiya, an Islamic branch of occult practice, letters and numbers are arranged into sigils in order to conjure up metaphysical powers, like the ability to fly or to disappear.
The sigils for disappearance and reappearance function as a dare to imagine the impossible, the imperceptible, which permeates all the work in the show.Taghavi, who was born in Tehran, remembers such talismans from her youth; while these symbols are centuries-old, they are still in practice today. It makes sense that the artist is drawn to these rituals, she received her MFA in performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The primary colors in this exhibition have a similar function, they’re a return to the basics of perceptions. Red, yellow, and blue are the three colors used to make all the other colors in the spectrum. In addition to the horizon paintings, primary colors also show up in three oversized canopies that stretch over Blanc’s outdoor patio. The temporary roofs, like the talismans, offer some protection from the elements.
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