Cris Worley Fine Arts is pleased to announce, The Shape of Words, a solo exhibition of new works by gallery artist Simeen Farhat. This is Farhat’s third solo exhibition with Cris Worley. The exhibition will run November 20 – January 31 with an opening reception with the artist in attendance Saturday, November 20th from 5-8pm.

For more than a decade, language has lain at the heart of Simeen Farhat’s work. Her inspiration first began with the prophetic words of poets of various Arabic languages. Later, she adopted the alphabet of Germanic and Romance languages, including English, and the subject matter moved from the profound to the seemingly mundane as text messages with quick quips became a standard mode of communication.  In all instances, the words used to comprise her sculptural work are stylized and reformed in a way to no longer be legible, with only an occasional clue made visible through a more obvious representation of a word.

Though her work is not directly political by choice, works in The Shape of Words with titles like, “My Mouth is Shut but My Tongue is Wide Open” and “My Voice is Shaped by Silence” navigate complex contradictions we often face in everyday life. Formally speaking this new body of work is larger in scale, less dense, and more focused on the elegance of fonts whether they be arabesque or more distinctly modern.