SHADOW'S KNIFE Original Painting / By Noush Kadian
SHADOW'S KNIFE Original Painting / By Noush Kadian
SHADOW'S KNIFE Original Painting / By Noush Kadian
SHADOW'S KNIFE Original Painting / By Noush Kadian

SHADOW'S KNIFE Original Painting / By Noush Kadian

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Kiki Sterling Gallery
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Artist Noush Kadian explores ancestral wisdom, generational trauma, womanhood and divinity in this work.

With poetry she gives voice to her artwork.

I carry a knife in my hand.
It belonged to my great grandmother,
and as I grew, it became mine.
"You will need it" she said.
I never believed in the threat of the illusive enemy
but I held the knife anyway.

I sang her songs, acted in her plays and painted her mountains, heavy knife in hand.

It proved usefull at times
to sculp and create
to saw and build
to cut and eat

Then on my birthday,
my wrist was clenched by a strangers' shadow
And he guided the blade down my arm
I bled red, blue and orange

"Suicide" he told the others
That's not true!
That's not true!
That's not true!

They choose not to hear me,
and instead slide their hands in oil drenched pockets.
I carry my great-grandmothers' knife and I now carry her wounds.

"Why did you give me this knife!" I yelled.
"You will need it" she said.

For as long as there is the shadow, I will need the knife.
TITLE: SHADOW'S KNIFE
ARTIST: Noush Kadian
Medium: Acrylic and gold leaf on stretched canvas
Dimensions: 20" x 30"
Not framed
Authenticity certificate signed by artist
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