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White Leaves One and Two on Their Place features works on paper, woven textiles, and a new series of experimentations based on pattern singing in Iran called Naqshe Khani, a type of work song guiding the workers through their day in rhythmic instruction.
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The Pattern Singing series (2020) considers this mode of work in a sequence of abstractions that capture the rhythms and formulas of the carpet weaver’s songs, rendered as calculated lines and shaded planes on graph paper. Based on the instruction, “white leaves one and two on their place,'' Redjaian takes the command to task. Building over the grid, she marks with her distinctive stroke: White dashes create a framework, a pattern of square netting, while black rhythm marks slanting and horizontal strokes that sweep diagonally across the page, embodying the carpet weaver’s generative song.
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Haleh Redjaian, The Pattern Singing series, 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, The Pattern Singing series, 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, The Pattern Singing series, 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, The Pattern Singing series, 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, The Pattern Singing series, 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, The Pattern Singing series, 2020
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With every marking, a unit, a knot, a node, Redjaian’s drawings on paper and woven textile explore the limits of space, systems, structure, and the metaphysical. Embracing a journey that is always already mapped out by a system, the artist fulfills the work, marking the surface, one line and one square at a time, rendering her deep rhythmic reflection in a palette of black, white and gray, indigo and maroon, shimmering gold and deep crimson.
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“DAYDREAM TRANSPORTS THE DREAMER OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE WORLD TO A WORLD THAT BEARS THE MARK OF INFINITY.”
GASTON BACHELARD
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Haleh Redjaian, Notes for daydreaming (31), 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, Notes for daydreaming (30), 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, Notes for daydreaming (29), 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, Notes for daydreaming (28), 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, Notes for daydreaming (27), 2020
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Haleh Redjaian, Notes for daydreaming (26), 2020
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