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Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara — Rosha Yaghmai: Drifters

by Community Contributor • October 21, 2021 • Comments Off

Rosha Yaghmai: Drifters

Saturday, October 23, 2021
Member + VIP Walkthrough | 5-6 PM (Not a member? Click here to signup!)
Public Opening Reception | 6-8 PM
MCASB, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Upper Arts Terrace

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of artist Rosha Yaghmai, entitled Drifters, on view from Saturday, October 23, 2021, to January 9, 2022.

Visual distortion and disorientation evoke sensations of altered perception in the work of Rosha Yaghmai in which she mines her personal, familial, and cultural histories to unearth embedded meaning. Her sculptural practice posits the generative ability of ambiguity to stimulate recall, epitomizing the expansive and transformational promise of psychedelia. Experimentation with materiality and representation constructs an uncanny universe informed by Persian miniatures, ancient Iranian myths, trippy blacklight posters, and 1990s surf aesthetic. Read more >>

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Image: Rosha Yaghmai, Afterimage, Lavender Aura, 2021. Acrylic and ink on organza and cotton. Framed dimensions: 60 x 43 x 2 3/4 inches. Image courtesy the Artist and Kayne Griffin, Los Angeles.