Aida Laleian
Affirm The Jade Fin, 2000, hand-colored silver emulsion on porcelain, 6 1/2" x 9", Courtesy: Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
My interest is to develop a contemporary idiom which contains some of the potency of archetypal imagery embodied in earlier works dealing with mythology. I have been most specifically intrigued with images incorporating both animal and human components. The hybrid creature when convincingly crafted, challenges the viewer to suspend disbelief and to question the veracity of the photographic image. My photographs deal with sensations of desire and disgust, and of their commingling in a single moment. I am still developing an ongoing personal dialogue in the work, exploring my sense of my own "possible selves."
