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The paintings of Maryam Hoseini (b. 1988 Tehran, Iran) share a common world. Figures repeat across distinct canvases and situations as if in a dream or a film. Their positions encompass the violent, the erotic, and anything inbetween. Stylistically flat, with figures overlapping and sometimes blending into landscapes and backgrounds, Hoseini’s paintings bear a relationship to the pixelations and squares of color that form our contemporary digital visuality. Yet the paintings don’t make it easy to lay the tablecloth of narrative over their bumpy tabletop. Instead of a narrative, Hoseini’s exhibition is an anagram: it can be taken apart and put together in different ways. Playful, if you can handle the play.
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Die Malereien von Maryam Hoseini (geb. 1988 in Teheran, Iran) teilen eine gemeinsame Welt. Figuren wiederholen sich über mehrere Leinwände und Situationen, wie in einem Traum oder Film. Ihre Posen reichen von der Gewalt bis zum Erotischen und allem, was dazwischen liegt. Durch den flachen Stil Hoseinis Malereien, in denen sich die Figuren überlagern und manchmal mit Landschaften und Hintergründen verschmelzen, stehen sie in Beziehung zu den Pixelierungen und Farbquadraten, die unsere heutige digitale Visualität ausmachen. Dennoch fällt es nicht leicht, das Tischtuch des Narrativs über ihre unebene Tischplatte dieser Malereien zu spannen. Hoseinis Ausstellung ist nicht narrativ, sondern ein Anagramm: Sie kann auseinandergenommen und auf verschiedene Weise wieder zusammengesetzt werden. Sie sind spielerisch, sofern du mit dem Spiel umgehen kannst.
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Wednesday – Friday 12 – 6 pm
Saturday 12 – 4 pm and by appointment
Maryam Hoseini
Promise To Be Good
12.12.21 – 19.02.22
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Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (The Visitors), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (The Visitors), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (The Visitors) (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Maryam Hoseini, Uninvited Guests, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Uninvited Guests (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Evening Trouble, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Evening Trouble (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (Snowy Corner), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (Snowy Corner), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (Snowy Corner) (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (Candle Woman), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (Candle Woman) (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good (Candle Woman) (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 101.6 × 76.2 cm -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 4, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 137 × 91.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 4, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 137 × 91.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 4 (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 137 × 91.5 cm -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 5, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 108 × 75.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 5 (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 108 × 75.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 5 (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 108 × 75.5 cm -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Installation view, Maryam Hoseini, Promise To Be Good, Deborah Schamoni, 2021 -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 1, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 142 × 91.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 1, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 142 × 91.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 1 (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 142 × 91.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 2, 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 142 × 91.5 cm -
Maryam Hoseini, Capture 2 (detail), 2021
Acrylic, ink and pencil on wood panel, 142 × 91.5 cm
Promise to be Good is kindly supported by the Stiftung Kunstfonds, NEUSTART KULTUR program.