Saba Sitton
May 4 – July 17, 2020
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- © Saba Sitton, “Revisited,” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “A Path in Turquoise”, from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Inception Uncertainty,” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “A Remembrance,” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “From Yellow to Red Distances” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Approaching Acceptance” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “August Light”, from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Moving With Shadows,” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Distances Between” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Somewhere Not the Same,” from “Journeys In Between”
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- © Saba Sitton, “In Stillness Elsewhere” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “If Someone is Waiting” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “The Shape of My Nightingales Song” ” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, ‘Recounting Absences” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “If Finding Doubt,” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, ‘All that is Found,” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Of Stillness Abound,” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “In a Different Season,” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Finding Solace,” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Acacias Dream,” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, “Faded Presence” from “Distances Near Away”
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- © Saba Sitton, Distances of Resolve,” from “Distances Near Away”
Artist Statement
My work explores the transitory instances of time when one’s awareness is threaded between the present and a similar moment remembered from the past. At times, these threaded moments have hard juxtapositions due to differences from the change of context, the passage of time, or a change of place. Other times, they blend and fuse a sense of continuity that are more fluid and often share a moment of contemplation. Oftentimes my work is a reflection on the poetics of migration and the stories of exile. As an Iranian-American artist, my work is informed by idealized landscapes and intricate designs of early Persian art. Persian miniature paintings are adorned with intricate depictions of flowers, plants, and tightly woven patterns of imaginary gardens. In Persian poetry, a flower often symbolizes a fleeting moment, a poetic remembrance of life’s transience and fragility. In my work, a flower becomes a visual metaphor for a sense of connection with a remembered past. I often include poems in my work. These poems become an accompanying voice within the work. Sometimes the poems echo a sense of hope or longing, other times they evoke a sense of disorientation or doubt, as might be felt by an immigrant or an exile, on a life’s journey, of being in-between.
Image list Journeys in Between
Image list Distances Near Away
Bio
Saba Sitton is part of the present day Persian diaspora. Her work explores transitory instances of time, either shared or solitary, visceral or recalled. Originally from Tehran, and having lived in Asia, Europe and the United States, Saba has firsthand experience living between cultures, languages, and traditions. Her work is often influenced by Persian art and literature as experienced and shared in a modern multicultural society. Saba studied art and design at the California Institute of the Arts and the University of Oregon where she received her MFA. She has worked on art and design commissions, and has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions. Most recently, Saba’s work was on exhibit at the Ten by Ten: Ten Reviewers Select Ten Portfolios from the Meeting Place 2018, FotoFest 2020 Biennial, and will be a part of the upcoming exhibition The Blue Planet, at H2 – Center for Contemporary Art, Glass palace, Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg, Germany. Saba lives in the United States and spends her time between California and Texas.
