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The inexpressible is contained—inexpressibly!—in the expressed.
– Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sea View is pleased to present The Inexpressible is Contained, a two-person exhibition of new works by Charlotte Edey (b.1992, Manchester, UK) and Azadeh Elmizadeh (b. 1987, Tehran, IR). For their Los Angeles debut, artists Edey and Elmizadeh explore selfhood by disembodying their subjects, examining instead the shifting historical, spiritual and environmental realms that shape and inform their layered identities. Rather than pursuing gendered forms or figures, both artists opt for intangible spaces and mutable forms, such as water, fire, earth and air suggest notions of porosity and luminosity – as well as containment and darkness.
Charlotte Edey’s ethereal works move between intricate soft pastel drawings on paper and weavings that incorporate satin-stitch embroidery and beadwork. Often sewing freshwater pearls and glass beads by hand throughout her pieces, Edey’s exacting materials emulate the…
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Press Release
The inexpressible is contained—inexpressibly!—in the expressed.
– Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sea View is pleased to present The Inexpressible is Contained, a two-person exhibition of new works by Charlotte Edey (b.1992, Manchester, UK) and Azadeh Elmizadeh (b. 1987, Tehran, IR). For their Los Angeles debut, artists Edey and Elmizadeh explore selfhood by disembodying their subjects, examining instead the shifting historical, spiritual and environmental realms that shape and inform their layered identities. Rather than pursuing gendered forms or figures, both artists opt for intangible spaces and mutable forms, such as water, fire, earth and air suggest notions of porosity and luminosity – as well as containment and darkness.
Charlotte Edey’s ethereal works move between intricate soft pastel drawings on paper and weavings that incorporate satin-stitch embroidery and beadwork. Often sewing freshwater pearls and glass beads by hand throughout her pieces, Edey’s exacting materials emulate the…



























































