Overview: A Homage to Home
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"Afghan Canadian artist Hangama Amiri combines painting and printmaking techniques with textiles, weaving together stories based on memories of her homeland and her diasporic experience. Amiri fled Kabul with her family in 1996 when she was seven years old. Moving through numerous countries over several years, they immigrated to Canada in 2005 when Amiri was a teenager. Amiri’s choice of materials stems from autobiographical origins—her mother taught her to sew and her uncle was a tailor. Her textiles also reference the colors and fabrics she remembers in the bazaars and on the streets in Kabul. She sources her materials from an Afghan-owned shop in New York City’s fashion district, collaging with fabric and painting on the surfaces. Large-scaled with frayed edges, Amiri’s textile works are made from layering fabrics, piecing and sewing them together, so the fragments collectively characterize her home from a distance. Centered on the lives of women, she builds interiors that capture her protagonists within domestic and entrepreneurial spaces and amplify a collective struggle for women’s rights in Afghanistan and around the world." By Amy Smith-Stewart (Chief Curator at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Azizi, Tailor Shop. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, leather, suede, clear plastic, polyester, silk, velvet, faux leather, wool, iridescent fabric, and found fabric – 113" x 107.5"
Facial Care, Beauty Salon. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, polyester, chiffon, suede, velvet, iridescent paper, inkjet print and found fabric – 85" x 66.5"
Setayesh, Beauty Salon. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, polyester, chiffon, silk, iridescent fabric, and found fabric – 74.5"x 47.5"
Mah Chehra, Beauty Parlor. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, chiffon, polyester, suede, iridescent paper, iridescent fabric, silk, and found fabric – 74.5’’ x 57’’
For Long, Soft, and Strong Hair. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, polyester, velvet, chiffon, suede, and found fabric – 40.5" x 21"
Olivia, Bleach. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, suede, chiffon, and velvet – 24.2" x 35.5"
Installation view, A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ridgefield, CT)
Arayeshgah-e Shahre Aroos/Brides Beauty Parlor. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, polyester, velvet, chiffon, silk, leather, suede, inkjet silk print, paper, postcard, iridescent paper, clear vinyl, denim, and found fabric – 63" x 184"
Brides Beauty Parlor #1. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, chiffon, polyester, silk, leather, suede, iridescent paper and found fabric – 32" x 118"
Departure. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, polyester, clear vinyl, faux leather, chiffon, and found fabric – 68.5" x 85"
Afghan Dry Fruit. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, inkjet silk print, and polyester – 42" H x 42" W x 48" L
Nakhoonak-e Aroos/ Bride’s Nail. 2022 – Neon – 41.25" x 37.25"
New Born, Baby Girls. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, polyester, chiffon, suede, leather, faux leather, color pencil on fabric, inkjet print, clear vinyl, acrylic paint, and found fabric – 71.5" x 133"
Recess. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, chiffon, polyester, faux leather, denim, burlap, color pencil on fabric, acrylic paint, velvet and found fabric – 70.5" x 139.5"
Reclining Woman on a Sofa. 2022 – Muslin, cotton, polyester, chiffon, silk, gauze cotton, inkjet silk print, paper, velvet, denim, suede, faux leather, and found fabric – 55" x 59.5"
Still-Life with Alocasia Plant. 2022 – Muslin, polyester, velvet, cotton, chiffon, denim, suede and found fabric – 48" x 42"
Her Dressing Table. 2022 – Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, inkjet print on chiffon, iridescent paper, denim, sued and found fabric – 67.5" x 58"
Bahar, From Kabul (Rice Sack #1). 2021 – Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, faux leather, acrylic paint, burlap, and found fabric – 43” x 34” x 3.5”
Darya (Rice Sack #3). 2021 – Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, faux leather, acrylic paint, burlap, and found fabric – 40" x 30" x 3.5"
Bazaar. 2020 – cotton, chiffon, muslin, silk, suede, digitally woven textile, camouflage fabric, sari textile, inkjet prints on paper and canvas, paper, plastic, acrylic paint, marker, polyester, table cloth, faux leather, and found fabric – 168" x 312"