Hoda Afshar A Curve is a Broken Line
Hoda Afshar Untitled #88 from the series Speak the wind 2015–22 © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Untitled 2014, from the series In the exodus, I love you more 2014–ongoing © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Portrait #3 2014 from the series In the exodus, I love you more 2014–ongoing © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Crease 2014 from the series In the exodus, I love you more 2014–ongoing © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Untitled #18 from the series Speak the wind 2015–22 © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Grace 2014 from the series In the exodus, I love you more 2014–ongoing © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Untitled #2 from the series Speak the wind 2015–22 © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Untitled #11 from the series Speak the wind 2015–22 © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Untitled #7 from the series Behold 2016 © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Behrouz Boochani – Manus Island from the series Remain 2018 © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Remain (video still) from the series Remain 2018, Art Gallery of New South Wales © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Agonistes (video still) from the series Agonistes 2020 © Hoda Afshar
Hoda Afshar Portrait #3 from the series Agonistes 2020 © Hoda Afshar
The first major solo exhibition by one of Australia’s most innovative and unflinching photomedia artists
Hoda Afshar A Curve is a Broken Line
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Naala Nura, our south building
Lower level 2
Free
Through her photographs and moving image works, Iranian-born, Melbourne-based Hoda Afshar examines the politics of image-making. Deeply researched yet emotionally sensitive, her work can be seen as a form of activism as much as an artistic inquiry.
Afshar uses the camera to give visibility to those who have been denied it, resolutely insisting on the humanity of her subjects. She makes us contend with violence and brutality, not through blunt imagery but through evocation. Her work is anchored in empathy yet also radical in the way it wrestles with injustice.
This exhibition features photography and film from the past decade to present a comprehensive overview of Afshar’s recent practice, including a newly commissioned series. Amassed together in dialogue for the first time in a major public institution, these works offer a poignant reminder of the power of images and their coercive potential.
The exhibition was accompanied by a richly illustrated publication, featuring Afshar’s work from 2004 to 2023 as well as new writing from a range of contributors, bringing critical insights to her photography and film.
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