217.17 x 148.59 x 3.18 cm
Her process is performative, sculptural and at times even painterly – formed by a quiet physicality. The artist is influenced by Assemblage Theory, first presented by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guatarri in their seminal book A Thousand Plateaus (University of Minnesota Press: 1987). This theory is an approach to systems that views them as interconnected, fluid, and multi-functioning; operating as component parts that can be interchanged. As such, Hovsepian’s new multi-media works are an amalgam of that which is found in the studio – graphite, nails, string, carved pieces of found wood, and silver gelatin photograms made in the darkroom – arranged into constellations that hover above a photographic-ground. Operating as an object and also an archive of the studio, Hovsepian’s new work mimics the photograph’s physical and temporal duality.
