An exhibition of works by Margarita Fainshtein features reproductions (in various forms) of identification documents collected from her multi-generational family from around the world.
Fainshtein reproduces then sorts the documents into groups, layering them using printmaking and etching techniques. The result is relief prints that combine to build a new unified identity.
Top of post: The Dish, Resin, with embedded inkjet and screen prints on fabric, 97 cm in diameter (62 cm inner diameter) , 2024, Photo Credit Irena Kazatsker. Above: Detail, The Dish.
About her own identity, Fainshtein says:
“I struggle to say where I am from. I am from many places, and I have always wanted to belong, to have a place to call home. I was born in Ukraine, repatriated to Israel and then immigrated to Canada. I am Nova Scotian; however, I have other cultural identities, which interact with each other and make me who I am.”
At Katzman Art Projects, Halifax, here.
Artist page for Margarita Fainshtein, here.
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