Samira Abbassy: Psychic Intrusion
Richard Saltoun Gallery•Feb 05, 2025 — Mar 14, 2025
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Richard Saltoun Gallery New York is pleased to announce Psychic Intrusion, the inaugural solo exhibition by Iranian-born, New York-based artist Samira Abbassy (b. 1965) with the gallery. Spanning over a decade of paintings and works on paper, the exhibition traces Abbassy’s ongoing exploration of the figure as a physical and metaphysical entity, uncovering the many layers of the Self through the lens of both personal and universal narratives. Her practice draws on a mixture of European and Iranian-Persian artistic traditions, pre-Renaissance art, Jungian psychoanalysis, and autobiographical elements—particularly her matriarchal lineage—to explore the complexities of diasporic identity, foregrounding the interplay between individual memory and collective history.
Abbassy’s compositions create a dialogue between the intimate and the archetypal, merging elements of mothers, daughters, and ancestral spirits to emphasize cross-generational cultural inheritance. The exploration of her…
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Samira Abbassy: Psychic Intrusion
Richard Saltoun Gallery•Feb 05, 2025 — Mar 14, 2025
Press Release
Richard Saltoun Gallery New York is pleased to announce Psychic Intrusion, the inaugural solo exhibition by Iranian-born, New York-based artist Samira Abbassy (b. 1965) with the gallery. Spanning over a decade of paintings and works on paper, the exhibition traces Abbassy’s ongoing exploration of the figure as a physical and metaphysical entity, uncovering the many layers of the Self through the lens of both personal and universal narratives. Her practice draws on a mixture of European and Iranian-Persian artistic traditions, pre-Renaissance art, Jungian psychoanalysis, and autobiographical elements—particularly her matriarchal lineage—to explore the complexities of diasporic identity, foregrounding the interplay between individual memory and collective history.
Abbassy’s compositions create a dialogue between the intimate and the archetypal, merging elements of mothers, daughters, and ancestral spirits to emphasize cross-generational cultural inheritance. The exploration of her…
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