CONCEALED AND REVEALED

Printmaking on Handmade paper

ARAN PROJECTS-2020

 

Variation in layers, and visibility of layering is evident in the works of Elmira Mirmiran.These layers are interwoven, and interrelated. What happens on one layer effects all the other layers and together they offer an insight to the probing mind of the artist. Organic shapes appear to be random cut outs of paper and fabric, however this effortless final image is anything but accidental. All these many layers are made visible to offer some stability to the chaos that seems to be part of our everyday life.
Applying cyclic and linear paths and engulfing them within wooden glass structures, all show that beneath this stream of thoughts and feelings, the processing and reactive mind of artist is at work. Artist receives, absorbs and processes elements of physical world and next to her own responses and impulses, a rich gathering of elements takes shape. Reactions and reflexes that come together to offer wisdom and intellect emphasize the importance on what lies in the depth of life.   

unstable and the irregular are diverted and channeled to create harmony and wisdom. Intuition, conscience, and the reflective aspects of artists’ consciousness are all part of the work.
The effortless gathering of elements in this set of works, appear to emphasize on connectedness. The origins of the works perhaps lie in the importance of looking for better things in life, to strive, to search for what is important and to be better than we are.
 

I make a layer…An entity of its own

I make another layer visible…I create Another existence

And another layer next to them…one for revealing

One for hiding…I create so that I can move

Elmira Mirmiran