“Vaginal Rapture”<\/strong> is a new sculptural piece from the Soft Souls Series,\u00a0created by the Iranian-Canadian artist Hoda Zarbaf<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In her latest sculpture series “Soft Souls”, Zarbaf uses recycled textiles, preowned\u00a0clothing, old toys and found objects to expose and express her\u00a0personal understanding of being a woman through old-fashioned feminine\u00a0means and skills. Collecting the abandoned pieces of clothing, which have\u00a0at some point been intimately in touch with the unknown bodies, and\u00a0marrying them artistically in her art, is Hoda\u2019s attempt to reconnect with the\u00a0past and bring back the lost intimacy.<\/p>\n

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Vaginal Rapture is about the womanly process of release and exposure,\u00a0whether it\u2019s the act of child bearing or expressing pain and joy. The oozing\u00a0soft forms project affection while evoking motion. The softness and mobility\u00a0of the stuffed textiles in contrast with the stability and permanence of the\u00a0chair create a visual dichotomy, which is a reflection of our bodily\u00a0paradoxes. These contrasting elements continue throughout Hoda\u2019s work, such\u00a0as in the chaotic stitches that create unity while negating perfection. Hoda in this\u00a0piece captures the body in the instant of exposing: pain, pleasure, sexual\u00a0memory, and self-obsession.<\/p>\n

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Hoda Zarbaf was born in 1982 in Iran in the early years of the Islamic revolution\u00a0and war; she later on in 2008 relocated to Canada to complete her MFA. Over\u00a0the years, being a female artist who has experienced the life in two different\u00a0countries and cultures, She has sought to make narrations of intimacy alongside\u00a0solitude, and the complex boon of being a woman. Her work has almost steadily\u00a0been a reflection of the complexities of social, emotional, and gender identities.\u00a0Hoda Zarbaf is currently living and working in Toronto.<\/p>\n

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“Vaginal Rapture” is a new sculptural piece from the Soft Souls Series,\u00a0created by the Iranian-Canadian artist Hoda Zarbaf. In her latest sculpture series “Soft Souls”, Zarbaf uses recycled textiles, preowned\u00a0clothing, old toys and found objects to expose and express her\u00a0personal understanding of being a woman through old-fashioned feminine\u00a0means and skills. Collecting the abandoned pieces of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[6505,7404,7405,7406,7403],"yoast_head":"\n