| Parisa 
																			Shabani 
																			
																			These 
																			are 
																			images 
																			of 
																			us, 
																			wounded 
																			and 
																			lost, 
																			viewing 
																			the 
																			world 
																			in 
																			cynical 
																			fear, 
																			wondering 
																			in 
																			disappointment 
																			“was 
																			that 
																			all?” 
																			Or 
																			perhaps 
																			it’s 
																			just 
																			me, 
																			looking 
																			around 
																			from 
																			within 
																			asking 
																			“was 
																			that 
																			all?” 
																			A 
																			question 
																			over 
																			and 
																			over 
																			again.
																			
																			
																			
																			A 
																			person, 
																			constantly 
																			breaking 
																			and, 
																			remaking 
																			herself, 
																			only 
																			to 
																			face 
																			the 
																			same 
																			question; 
																			deconstruction 
																			and 
																			reconstruction 
																			in 
																			mind 
																			and 
																			in 
																			form. 
																			
																			The 
																			mystery 
																			here 
																			lies 
																			in 
																			the 
																			process, 
																			in 
																			the 
																			formation 
																			of 
																			the 
																			artist-subject 
																			dialectic 
																			to 
																			which 
																			the 
																			piece 
																			itself 
																			is 
																			added 
																			with 
																			the 
																			first 
																			stroke. 
																			Form 
																			is 
																			shattered 
																			creating 
																			new 
																			forms 
																			and 
																			interpretation. 
																			This 
																			new 
																			creature, 
																			liberated, 
																			and 
																			raw, 
																			lends 
																			itself 
																			to 
																			the 
																			viewers, 
																			inviting 
																			them 
																			to 
																			join 
																			in, 
																			to 
																			remake 
																			yet 
																			another 
																			image 
																			in 
																			their 
																			own 
																			minds. 
																			
																			
																			Here 
																			the 
																			artist 
																			is 
																			merely 
																			the 
																			spectator 
																			of 
																			the 
																			classical 
																			incompleteness 
																			of 
																			images 
																			to 
																			be 
																			completed 
																			which 
																			have 
																			instead 
																			found 
																			this 
																			unfinished 
																			end.   
																			
																			
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