Art History Symposium

In and Out of Time

Ruby Chisti Artist Lecture

 

 

 

Location: 1005, Mendocino Hall, April 6^th, 6:30 – 7:30 pm, Sacramento State University

Introduction: Chisti was born and raised in Pakistan

-          Makes narrative sculptures about gender discrimination that stems from a strong sense of being unwanted; horrid childhood memories

-          Chisti has an immense appreciation for repurposing items

-          Internal experiences often influences her work

-          Censorship on media and visual art

    Trying to find the truth about what was happening in Pakistan

Isness and Being: Sculpture

The objective reality in comparison to social beings > internal/ personal prospective

-interested in exploring possibilities of cloth extends the craft and skill of sewing, and puts it in artwork

-The work addresses gender and displacement of the artists past life.

-Clothes / buds – important part of Urban sculpture

- moved to u.s. 2002

 A sketch of a fading memory, 2002: Sculpture

- A reflection of the artists personal life; having issues processing trauma.

Visual Metaphor, Sculpture

Roles of mother/ child reversed

Materials: found sticks artists collected to assimilate the nests of sparrows

Christi is very interested in the uses of the form of birds

uses different sizes twigs

-Guardian Angel – sculpture

Self portrait ; madona and child inspired but actual made from photos of the artist and their mother 

Free Hugs- piece

-San Francisco bart station inspired what does it mean? Why are people hugging each other

-weapon of mass destruction

Lifesize

Materials: pantyhose, polyester, fabrics, and thread (2008) 
Cessation, 2008
Leather, fabric, pantyhose, universal meaning
making man out of women using women’s

material

- Blemishes of time 2009

The idea that You are your own source;  no one is there to help; artist completely depends on self for necessary resources

Gauze & Bandage

The artist created themselves in their work

There is no hero 2009
Done when a female petition was assassinated; this was more of a tribute to her
Fallen figure
Wounded break
Ravens; weakness; present very comforting > prescience to protect the crown

 

Whole Readymade coat 2012
Interested in depicting the absence of the body
Body structure & architecture crumbled
Refugees that felt displaced but strangely at home. 
Art can serve as a catalyst for change

 

Place Displaced, 2010
Artist not going back to their home the horrors of war and displacement
 
Links to personal & political narrative:
Engaging fragility of human existence

 

Cathartic aspect of construction then reconstruction.