We are thrilled to share that Hangama Amiri, whose exhibition A Homage to Home opened at The Aldrich on February 5th, is profiled in today’s New York Times.
“The images in her colorful fabric wall hangings are drawn from the past — partly based on her memories of being a young child in Kabul, before her family fled and became refugees for almost a decade. They’re also visions of a better future for women in her native country, which she visited as an adult in 2010 and 2012.
‘As diaspora artists, we are always in search of something that reminds us of home,’ Amiri said, standing in her studio in New Haven on a quiet Sunday morning in January.
The creation of her large, complex compositions — a laborious process that, in its early stages, involves many pins and pieces of fabric — was also a construction, or a reconstruction, of the self: ‘I’m pinning and sewing my identity,'”
Hangama Amiri: A Homage to Home is on view at The Aldrich through June 11, 2023. Plan your visit and reserve tickets today!
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