May 22, 2007 - June 10, 2007
Gallery I
Selected works from the permanent collection of the Art
Gallery of Sudbury
Gallery II
Being There
Sam Shahsahabi
This art work gathered under the title of Being There,
is a collection of drawings and constructions which speak of the human
condition. His drawing reflects both moments of terror and observations on
the absurd. Layers of drawing, colour and texture camouflage collected imagery
giving acknowledgement to the universally human state of fragility and
uncertainty. His constructed works make magic of found elements and common
objects. Assembled at times into enigmatic machines the viewer is challenged
to interact and investigate. The experience becomes akin to encountering a
new acquaintance or a new culture. With a title like “my chair my love my
savior I wear you inside out every day” applied to one of these most simple
constructs one realizes there is always more than what appears to the naked
eye or the first encounter.
Bio - Sam Shahsahabi
Sam Shahsahabi is a visual artist whose creative life came to fruition in Iran where he studied both modern and classical arts and received his BFA from Azad University. Since coming to Canada in 1997, he has received his MFA from York University, Toronto. Shahsahabi came to northern Ontario in 2004 to teach at White Mountain Academy in Elliot Lake. He has decided to settle in Sudbury and has worked with the AGS to teach adult and youth programs.
