Exhibition Installation Images
In War and Deception, artist Sam Shahsahabi presents us with complex narratives: the ecological destruction of land through bitumen extraction, the implications of embargos, and the true human cost of collateral damage. Shahsahabi’s almost indexical observation of the media, combined with his own personal history informs his multidisciplinary practice. This exhibition features paintings, mechanical sculptures and installation work.
In War and Deception, artist Sam Shahsahabi presents us with complex narratives: the ecological destruction of land through bitumen extraction, the implications of embargos, and the true cost of collateral damage. Shahsahabi’s almost indexical observation of the media, combined with his own personal history informs his multi-disciplinary practice. In this new body of work, Shahsahabi brings home and bridges such perceptions and unravels our day-to-day actions. From layered paintings to modified oil drums with drawing machines, as viewers, we are made to question our own relationships to distant wars and its immediate consequences.
War and Deception, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, January 10 – February 23, 2014.