Lot
13
La compétition des bonnes nouvelles
Porcelain, transparent glaze, and various stains, 2019
152,4 x 182,9 cm
Estimate
$3 700
In I am your homeland, a woman is lying on the ground, resting, and catching her breath. On her dress, there is a field with trees, rivers, and tents. Her dress resembles a map and the tents are like pinpoints of her steps and migrations. She has turned into the lands she has visited, and she has become her own home.
Biographical note
Saba Heravi was born in Iran in 1989 and moved to Canada in 2012. She has a BFA from Concordia University (2019). Her practice is concentrated on drawing, ceramics, and printmaking. Her work has been exhibited in Montreal. Heravi’s work explores the concepts of home, memory, and identity, and is ultimately an investigation of self. Investigating the complexities of womanhood and the impossible definition of femininity, she creates a universe made up of fantastical stories and folktales inhabited by women. Delving into her prodigious unconscious memory, she alters specific passages of her life and clings to others—a delicate play on memories of adolescence.