They Will Be Like Shadows delves into her enduring preoccupation with the corporeal and the elusive self—a fragmented presence that navigates the studio as much as the wider world. Her sculptures embody a spectrum of existence, from the purity of infancy to the shadows of old age, intertwining traces of the grotesque and the tender.
Her ancestors Familiar objects—bubble wrap, packing tape, two-by-fours, crates, hammers, and dollies—become uncanny relics, meticulously cast in rubber, the material central to her practice since the mids. These familiar objects, transformed into uncanny relics, invite a meditation on the boundaries between the material and the metaphysical, where labor, creation, and memory intertwine.
The exhibition unfolds as a fragmented narrative that resists resolution. These sculptures evoke a sense of intimate vulnerability while gesturing toward broader existential themes. Rendered in a muted palette of gray, black, cream, and titanium buff, the works shift tonally from brooding meditations on mortality, to moments of absurdity, doubling, and shifts in scale, to serene depictions of unguarded innocence.
The subdued colors act as a unifying thread, while their emotional resonance oscillates between humor and melancholy, evoking a world where contradictions coexist in delicate equilibrium.
The exhibition will be on view from October 19th through December 21st, , with an opening reception on Saturday, October 19th, from pm. Ahmadi masterfully uses her formal skills to invigorate challenging subject matter, blending free-flowing strokes with vibrant bursts of color to captivate viewers through unexpected contrasts—whether in sculpture, painting, or animation. Painting serves as her vehicle for truth-telling, where luminous colors and mystical figures intertwine with violent imagery to illuminate pressing global issues such as migration, war, and the brutal treatment of marginalized people.
