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Iman Issa
Triptychs
This project began with snapshots of
spaces that I have found myself visiting
and revisiting over the last few years. At
one point, I realized that what might have
attracted me to these spaces was that
they reminded me of others; that they triggered
a series of memories and associations.
In an attempt to articulate the content
of these memories and associations,
I decided to start constructing settings
that corresponded to them, settings which
I would then photograph. The resulting
images ended up constituting the second
element in each of these triptychs.
In trying to be as precise as possible, I
realized that the certainty with which I
was able to construct and produce these
images did not translate to my final photographs,
that I no longer recognized my
constructions, nor was I certain of their
sources. This brought about the idea to
approach these photographs in a
removed manner—as if they were found
or produced by someone else—and use
them as a point of departure for another
artwork, one which eventually became
what is presented here as the third and
final element in each of these triptychs.
Iman Issa, Triptych#6, photographs, framed text, installation view, 2009.
Courtesy of the artist and Rodeo.
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