My Dear Dad Said
Artist
Afrang Nordlöf Malekian
(Sverige, född 1995)
Date2016
MediumDigital video, color, stereo sound
Dimensions10:09 min
ClassificationMoving Images
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:18
Object NumberMOM/2021/159
CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021
About the artworkThe video work My Dear Dad Said shows the artist drawing the contours of his own arms placed on his naked torso with a brush dipped in black ink. The words “My Dear Dad Said” are repeated in a neutral voice, followed by violent threats but also by exposed vulnerable pleas for help. Every word leaves traces on the body, which eventually turns almost totally black. In The Art of Cooking with Communist Dreams – From Garlic to Onion, three Persian recipes reveal how grand political visions impact on the individual family, on the home and its women and children. The visions and recipes live on outside the borders of Iran, in those who dared to dream of another future, and who were forced into exile with their ideals and their food in the same bag.
Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm