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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Collage on Canvas , Other rigid frame
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 35.4x27.6in
About this artwork
It started with the idea of making a collage with just words. The picture seemed to stare at her for a long while, waiting for something. And then she knew it took a drawing with someone trying to find their words.
Sheida Samyi
Austria
Credentials
- Group shows participant
- Experienced Artist
- Works on commission
« Imagine everything you wish to see. »
SHEIDA SAMYI, born in 1966 in Klagenfurt, grew up in Carinthia, London, Abadan. As the youngest child of an Austro-Iranian family, she feels like a stranger everywhere and is always drawn to distant places. Never to
long to not have to choose a home. Vienna, New York, Los Angeles, back to Vienna, Lower Austria, Mallorca, Vienna again and finally Villach, where she lives and works. For years she developed
Sheida "Duplicates", a script that can be read from both sides, complex characters become visual language. At the same time, she transforms images into sign language. In short: the artist combines visual art with poetry. Collages, illustrations and graphic typography have increasingly been incorporated into her work in recent times. The most recent work INSIDE OUTINNEN integrates an Arabic, Persian-like script that is only readable in its reflection.
long to not have to choose a home. Vienna, New York, Los Angeles, back to Vienna, Lower Austria, Mallorca, Vienna again and finally Villach, where she lives and works. For years she developed
Sheida "Duplicates", a script that can be read from both sides, complex characters become visual language. At the same time, she transforms images into sign language. In short: the artist combines visual art with poetry. Collages, illustrations and graphic typography have increasingly been incorporated into her work in recent times. The most recent work INSIDE OUTINNEN integrates an Arabic, Persian-like script that is only readable in its reflection.