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Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand

Los Angeles, 14 September – 2 November 2024

Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand

For her first solo show in Los Angeles for over a decade, the British artist Shirazeh Houshiary presents new and recent works, exploring the origins of life and the mysteries of the cosmos, from a microscopic cellular level, to the stratospheric phenomenon of the aurora borealis. The show’s title relates to a Zen Buddhist teaching that instructs the student to listen to the sound of one hand clapping, in order to open their mind to such a possibility and transcend the constraints of the physical body. Despite not being a Zen practitioner, Houshiary realised that her work revolves around the insistent sound made by one of her hands, making tiny, looping, scratched marks in pencil onto large aluminum surfaces, building up worlds through the silence of her inscribed words.

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Works on view

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Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand artwork
Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand artwork
Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand artwork
Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand artwork
Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand artwork

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Location

1037 N. Sycamore Avenue
Los Angeles

Opening Times:
Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00am – 6:00pm

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