December 1, 2019
Curated by Dina Zarif
This sculpture exhibition and performance honors the artist Rayyaneh Karami’s lost baby, Zhubin. The sculptures, created shortly after the death of the artist’s newborn baby, reflect the feelings she was going through as a mom losing her child, transforming the pain to pieces of sculpture.
“Dakheel”
We are in a continuous repetitive world. All beings are in a constant cycle of birth and death. Life comes out of death and death comes after life. What makes our moments worth living is love, compassion, and unity. In the interactive performance on December 1st, the artist will be playing a repetitive rhythm with the Iranian percussion instrument daf. Guests are welcome any time between 6:00pm – 9:00pm. They are invited to interact with the performance either by improvising a song, playing their choice of musical instrument, or by tearing a piece from the bottom of the long dress that the artist will be wearing, writing a wish on it and re-attaching it to the dress. The tradition of the wishing tree is common in several countries including Iran.
Sculpture Show & Interactive Performance:
Sunday, December 1 @ 6:00pm
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(Photo & video credit: Vahid Zamani)
Rayyaneh Karami has always been involved in multimedia art, especially painting and sculpting. Her work has been showcased at many galleries in California, Seattle, and in Iran. She learned and played daf in Tehran under the supervision of Mr. Eshaghi. Karami holds a BA in computer science from Baha’i Institute of Higher Education and her MFA from Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Dina Zarif is an Iranian immigrant, performer, designer, and vocalist who combines Western classical singing with Middle Eastern styles inspired from her Persian roots. Some of her credits include SF International Arts Festival, Palace of Fine Art, San Jose Stage, Golden Thread Productions at Brava Theater, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and the staged reading of Layla & Majnun at BAMPFA as part of the symposium with Mark Morris Dance Group and the Silk Road Ensemble. She tours both nationally and internationally as a costume designer and actress in the shadow light production Feathers of Fire. Dina is also a part-time architect and received her MA in Landscape Architecture from the University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts.
