Fatemeh Boroujeni: The Role of the Humble Brush

Fatemeh Boroujeni is an ethnic Bakhtiari from Iran who arrived in Australia in 2010.

Using the technique of repoussé with contemporary designs, Boroujeni makes bold artworks in which the imprint and heritage of her Persian home city of Isfahan can be seen in the decorative use of brush bristles and other details.

Boroujeni feels her work, drawing as it does on her cross-cultural background and global influences, creates a contemporary dialogue that combines points of view in surprising ways.

Boroujeni utilises the brush itself in combination with wood, silver and copper to create a rich connection to her heritage.

Instead of seeing the brush as a tool or a device, she uses it as an untainted material, carefully and respectfully giving it a place within contemporary jewellery.

Organised by Blandine Hallé and Melissa Cameron, Connexions came from a desire to share contemporary Australian jewellery with the world.

This became augmented by what Hallé and Cameron wanted to share about Australia, versus what was at the forefront of the news media at the time; namely the Christchurch Massacres, perpetrated by an Australian.

Selected for their existing contribution to this dialogue, each artist mines and interrogates their own histories for their artwork. Together, the complex, nuanced and diverse works portray Australia as a community that respects difference and honours diversity and complexity, more effectively than any single dialogue in which we might hope to engage could.

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