Hayv Kahraman's New Paintings Explore Loss and Displacement at Pilar Corrias
Pilar Corrias showcases What cannot be said will be wept, featuring new works by Hayv Kahraman. This exhibition is influenced by Kahraman's experiences as a Kurdish-Iraqi refugee and the devastation of her home during the 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles. It explores the impact of systems that alienate individuals from their land, heritage, environment, and forms of knowledge. In a text accompanying the display, the artist contemplates modernity's 'spell of separation,' addressing the systemic violence of displacement and a profound disconnection from nature, as well as 'a kind of knowing behind knowing.' The exhibition is currently available for viewing at the gallery's location in London.
Key facts
- Pilar Corrias presents What cannot be said will be wept, an exhibition of new paintings by Hayv Kahraman.
- The exhibition draws on Kahraman's personal history as a Kurdish-Iraqi refugee.
- The exhibition also references the loss of her home in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
- The works consider the effects of systems that separate people from land, ancestry, ecology, and embodied forms of knowledge.
- The artist's text accompanying the exhibition is included in full.
- Kahraman describes modernity's 'spell of separation' and a disconnection from the natural world.
- The exhibition is held at Pilar Corrias in London.
- The source URL is from ArtDaily.
Entities
Artists
- Hayv Kahraman
Institutions
- Pilar Corrias
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom