I explore the issues of identity, heritage and memory that pass from generation to generation, the personal-familial ones, alongside the collective-social ones. In the search and digging actions, the roots and secrets from the past are revealed, which affect the picture of the present and raise questions and doubts about the future.

 

On the canvas, I metaphorically reflect, in an overhead view, processes in this journey to define self and social identity, which are sometimes hidden from view and sometimes exposed.

 

In my works, the pattern that makes up the geometric web creates a space that embodies both the collective cycle of life and the concretization of personal, family and historical stories.

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Ela Looshi