K H A K I
G A L L E R Y
460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118, 617-423-0105
9 Crest Road, Wellesley, MA 02482, 781-572-7263
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For immediate release:
August, 2012
NAHID KHAKI
“Inessential Attachments”
Aug 3 – Sep 29, 2012, Reception: Aug 3, 6-8
Khaki Gallery Boston is pleased to present “Inessential Attachments,” by
Nahid Khaki. Found objects, clothing, hats, shoes and purses are among the
materials that Khaki uses to create her new paintings and installations.
Khaki’s fascination with the human figure has taken her to another level in
interpreting the human form in sculptural reliefs. In a painting installation
series titled “Attached #1-6,” painted headless female torsos are attached to
painted boards of the same colors, some accompany other painted objects
like article of clothing and shoes. “The boldly painted faceless female form,
characterizes the universal human who is attached, literally, not only to the
boards that is holding it, but metaphorically to all worldly attachments,
especially materialistic attachments to unessential objects. We collect and
add more things to the pile we already have, often without wanting to share.
In a broader sense, as humans we are becoming more and more selfinterested. As a result, this self-interested attitude could lead us to an era of
social Darwinism or every man for himself,” as Khaki explains.
Nahid Khaki is an Iranian-born artist who has lived in the United States
since the early 1970s. Khaki has been active as an artist for the past three
decades. Since 2005, she has been the director of Khaki Gallery in
Wellesley, where she has exhibited works by many emerging artists. Khaki
gallery expanded to the Boston South End art district in 2008.