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Double exhibition, The Looking Glass & Chimerical = Alchemical
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Chimerical = Alchemical
In this solo exhibition by Sadia Fakih, colourful and intricately detailed collage-drawings explore cultural hybridity, displacement, intersectionality, and the Surreal. Semi-autobiographical, the pieces delve into the idea of an alter-ego and of personal mythology building, expressing the artist’s place (or displacement) as a South Asian feminine in the West. She explores the transitional spaces that erupt when imposing identities collide.
The Looking Glass
The Looking Glass is a collection of 17 pieces by 12 artists, curated from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Permanent Collection. Each piece contains a visualization of
reflection, manifesting in different ways. Photographs of common reflective materials prompt
contemplation on the relationships we have with the things that surround us, and the impact
we have on each other. Distorted self-portraiture forces us to confront conflicting versions of
self that exist. Depictions of looking glasses raise questions about credibility and deception.
Although common tools for observing and making sense of the world, mirrors are also deeply
associated with trickery and illusion. Considering the exhibition, viewers are invited to ponder
reflection as a tool for introspection and a method of situating oneself within reality, or, more
accurately, one’s perception of reality.