Imaginary Tiles
Solo exhibition at B[x]space. New York, March to April 2017.
The exhibition statement was written by the Iranian, New York based artist Marjan Fadavi.
Human beings are members of a wholeIn creation of one essence and soulIf one member is afflicted with painOther members uneasy will remain Saadi Shirazi, 13th century Iran
I never escaped, I came for more being. And I did it. Here in the very city where I am banned from being now, I managed to be more.
I’m no stranger to bans. I know how to play with them. What I was stranger to was that line.
There is a line. It separates the rational from the paradoxical. I soon found myself on the other side. I was the complicated, the paradoxical, the confusing.
But thanks to the line, I found strangers I felt closest with. All similar in our non similarities, according to the line. I studied, protested, worked, cooked, sang and danced with them. They’re all dancing hundreds of bans away every day.
We, the residents of the other side, we the paradoxical, are all busy being now. But my heart is with the other side. It must be lonely there.
Find your paradox, and you’re welcome here.
Marjan Fadavi, 2017. Iran–US.
The Silk Roads
Imaginary Tiles sits inside the blue-and-white years: trade routes followed backwards through porcelain and azulejo, and the geometry that travelled with them.