Contemporary Art Gallery

The Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery is devoted to the presentation of national and regional exhibitions of contemporary art, lectures and workshops. The gallery is part of the Visual Art + Design Department and as such provides a forum for contemporary art for students, the city of Hammond and residents of the North Shore.

My Body is My Home: Sara Madandar, October 6 - November 3

The SLU Contemporary is proud to present a solo exhibition, My Body is My Home by Iranian artist Sara Madandar. The exhibition explores notions of home, place, and neighborhood in regard to one’s physical body and how that can be disrupted. My Body is My Home poses the question, “what is one’s home if not a form of safe harbor, a place that gives you comfort through privacy?” and focuses on clothing as a barrier between the private self and the world outside. With a combination of painting, video installation, performance, and referencing the Manteau, a typical garment worn by Iranian women, Madandar unpacks the tension between clothing as protection and an instrument of control. In the face of Iran’s current political upheaval in defense of women’s rights, Madandar’s My Body is My Home offers poignant insight into the surveilling and violence against women’s bodies.

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