An interview by and
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Hello Mahsa and welcome back to ART Habens we already got the chance to introduce our readers to your artworks in a previous edition and we are now particularly pleased to discover the development of your artistic production. The new body of works that we have selected for this special edition of ART Habens and that our reader can view at www.mahsamerci.com has captured our attention for the way you are developing a more and more distinct visual identity. How does your practice has evolved over these two years and in what direction are you currently addressing your artistic research? Hello ART Habens Group! I am delighted that I can share my new works and ideas with you and your audience after two years. I believe, at least in some respects, my works are developed in a significant way. Reading essays and books on sexuality, such as Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, The Unconscious by Antony Easthope, and On Ugliness by Umberto Eco, has opened many doors for me to see these issues more deeply; this has been reflected in my works.
Mahsa Merci
Moreover, even though I started off by considering gender issues in my works, recently I have been trying to concentrate on making series; that is, I have been trying to make my works more coherent. This, I believe, is the aspect of my works that has been developed the most. In addition to reading books and articles, I have spent a lot of time searching the web as a part of a research I have been doing during the past couple of years, a bulk of which has been
about observing and taking note of these concerns in my homeland, specifically in the city I have been living in, namely Tehran. The new project I have been working on is about street as well as online prostitution. For this special edition of ART Habens we have selected FINGERS, an interesting mixed media installation that our readers have
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