June 24 - July 30, 2023
Ying Liu and Alireza Abbasy | Black Mama
Ying and Alireza’s artistic practice approaches notions of nothingness and stillness. It questions the role of the artist’s analytical mind in the creative process and invites the audience to enter other modes of thinking, different from what Western ways of thought assume to be 'normal'.
Black Mama for us is much more than just an installation project. It is a being, full of darkness, and yet full of glow.
You are invited to enter, as gently and silently as you can, and let her embrace you with her forgiving arms.
Darkness is our loving origin, as the womb is indeed a very dark place.
This work intends to engage with darkness, as a healing force, as the alternative reality in which the solid self disappears from the sight and the individual is relieved of the paralyzing grip of the mind.
This work is inspired by the work of Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. The writings in this installation are free translations (into Persian, Chinese and Dutch) of passages from two of her books, “Opening to darkness”, 2023 and “The deepest peace: contemplations from a season of stillness”, 2020. The meditative quality of the act of manual translation into our mother tongues played a crucial role in the development of this work.
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Work & texts
Black Mama | Ying Liu and Alireza Abbasy
Period
June 24 - July 30, 2023
Photo’s
Ying Liu, Alireza Abbasy, Jorieke Rottier and Willy van Houtum
ruimteCAESUUR
Since 1995, exhibitions of contemporary art have been made in CAESUUR, from 1999 on at Lange Noordstraat 67 in Middelburg. Visual arts, in relation with contemporary art discourse, are always the guiding principle for an exhibition, but a historical and social perspective also determine our choices.
ruimteCAESUUR stands for the autonomy of art and puts the artist’s oeuvre at the center of organizing its (solo) exhibitions. Young, novice and “arrived” artists are offered a platform to present their work in a non-commercial environment.
Meeting and learning from each other play an important role within the annual planning of ruimteCAESUUR.
We form a private initiative, without any profit motive, with Willy van Houtum and visual artist Hans Overvliet as its core; they form the board of the CAESUUR foundation.
teamCAESUUR is more than completed by the visual artists Jorieke Rottier and Giel Louws.
The exhibitions in 2022 were organized in cooperation with several art initiatives: Lípa Art Collection and Luxfer Open Space, both from the Czech Republic, Platvvorm from Belgium and Slipvillan from Sweden. Exchange with Dutch artists ensures reciprocity in this process.
The unique composition of our team crosses borders of art practices, gender, and generations.
Support in 2023
the happy shareholders & ditto friends of CAESUUR
the municipality of Middelburg | Region Stockholm
Lange Noordstraat 67, 4331 CC Middelburg | caesuur@zeelandnet.nl
www.caesuur.nu | www.caesuur-posethequestion.nl K.v.K. Middelburg 411 143 92 |
Ying Liu and Alireza Abbasy | Black Mama
June 24 -
July 30, 2023
