UBC Okanagan MFA Students

Tara Yadollahi  presents: Be In My Chador

Robin Hodgson presents: Half Life

May 24th to July 6th


Opening Reception: Saturday, May 24th from 1 to 3pm


Tara Yadollahi, Be in My Chador 
“Self-censorship lives in our body language, in the clothes we choose, and in the silent decisions we make every day. It transcends boundaries and physical forms, quietly shaping how we present ourselves to the world. I began to wonder how much of our expression is truly our own and how much is subtly influenced by the gaze of others. Clothing becomes both a shield and a language, a personal dance between form and freedom, between self and expectation.”
 
Robin Hodgson, Half Life
The new paintings selected for Half Life, echoes the (2023) convergence point where I had lived the same amount of time able-body as I had disabled. The work confronts physical ability using technical devices to overcome these challenges. Despite the physical barriers or mental tolls of navigating a world that wasn’t built for wheelchairs, there is a beauty in the resilience and a comedy in the struggle. I believe this to be a universal truth for all life, and aim to emphasize this in my new body of work.
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