Past Exhibition

Remote Gardening with Dysfunctioned Tools: A Mohsen Khalili Retrospective

Mohsen Khalili
Jan 24, 2019
to
May 05, 2019
EXHIBITION
Mohsen Khalili, Planet of the Little Prince, 2012, acrylic and ink wash on raw canvas, 64 x 59 in. Photo: SITE Photography
Top Right: Mohsen Khalili, Planets Visited by the Little Prince, 2018, steel, papier-maché, wire, synthetic flowers, glue, four pieces, 18 x 18 x 18 in. each
Middle Right: Mohsen Khalili, Memory of Hospital (after Francis Bacon), 2002 oil on paper, mounted to board, 30 x 30 in.
Bottom Right: Mohsen Khalili, from the series Anti-Art, 2001-2003, ink, acrylic, and varnish on book page, 17.5 x 21.5 in.

Originally from Tehran, Mohsen Khalili emigrated to Canada in 1997 and was soon exhibiting his work regularly in the Lower Mainland. Khalili’s career took an unexpected turn when he was diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition that attacks vital organs, skin, and bones. As he continues to work with physical tools that are increasingly failing, Khalili has embraced an aesthetics of imperfection – by “making undone,” he uses his work to reflect on the universal nature of entropy.

This exhibition is a comprehensive survey of Khalili’s abundant creative output. Showcasing several major series of paintings, sculpture, and prints, Remote Gardening with Dysfunctioned Tools is a poignant journey through the processes by which one human body, or large systems, can become dysfunctional.

 

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