Name/Title
Forever in the Sky (Mission, San Francisco)Entry/Object ID
2015.11.02Description
Sanaz Mazinani (b.1978, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian–born Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist, curator and educator, known for her photography and installation art. She is currently based out of San Francisco and Toronto. Her artistic practice is interested in rethinking how we see and examine the connections between knowledge and vision. Mazinani is inspired by contemporary mass media which serves as a point to reflect on the impact and politics of images.
Forever in the Sky (2012) are a series of digitally manipulated photographs of the clouds over San Francisco. These images transform the sky into a symmetrical and vibrant kaleidoscope. Mazinani aims to focus on our mediated relationship to nature by using the subject of the sky as a symbol of freedom from the borders that exist below. The layered geometric symmetry of the artworks regulates the direction of the clouds keeping them forever in the sky above. This brings attention to our movement. which differs from the autonomy of nature which moves freely and without restraint.
Mazinani holds an undergraduate degree from Ontario College of Art & Design and an MFA from Stanford University. Her work has appeared in solo exhibitions at institutions including the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the West Vancouver Museum, and the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, California. Her projects have been featured in venues throughout Canada as well as the USA, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Iran, Switzerland, the UAE, and the UK. Her work has been written about in Artforum, Artnet News, Border Crossings, Canadian Art, San Francisco Chronicle, and Washington Post, among others. Her work is held in public collections including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the San Francisco International Airport.
https://www.sanazmazinani.com/Artwork Details
Medium
pigment print on archival paperMade/Created
Date made
2012Edition
ed. 2/5