Aley Series VII, No. 3, no. 4_1992_sylvia safdie_gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar_171 x 107 cm
Aley Series VII, No. 5_1992_sylvia safdie_gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar_159 x 107 cm
Aley Series II, No. 1, No. 2_1992
Aley Series III, No. 3, 2, 1_1991_sylvia safdie_gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar_257 x 107 cm [each panel]
Aley Series V No. 1-2_1992_sylvia safdie_graphitem gold leaf, earth, organic materials on mylar_206 x 107 cm
Aley Series V No. 7-8_1992_sylvia safdie_gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar_206 x 107 cm
Aley Series VI No. 1-2, No. 3-4_1992,_sylvia safdie_gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar_239 x 107 cm
Leaf No 1_1992_sylvia safdie_gold leaf, organic material, oil on mylar_241 x 107 cm
Leaf No 2_1992_sylvia safdie_gold leaf, organic material, oil on mylar_241 x 107 cm
Slide Images
Slide No. 1
Aley Series VII, No. 3, No. 4, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
171 × 107 cm
Slide No. 2
Aley Series VII, No. 5, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
159 × 107 cm
Slide No. 3
Aley Series II, No. 1, No. 2, 1992
Slide No. 4
Aley Series III, No. 3, No. 2, No. 1, 1991
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
257 × 107 cm each panel
Slide No. 5
Aley Series V No. 1–2, 1992
Graphite, gold leaf, earth, organic materials on mylar
206 × 107 cm
Slide No. 6
Aley Series V No. 7–8, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
206 × 107 cm
Slide No. 7
Aley Series VI No. 1–2, No. 3–4, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
239 × 107 cm
Slide No. 8
Leaf No. 1, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, oil on mylar
241 × 107 cm
Slide No. 9
Leaf No. 2, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, oil on mylar
241 × 107 cm
Slide No. 1
Aley Series VII, No. 3, No. 4, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
171 × 107 cm
Slide No. 2
Aley Series VII, No. 5, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
159 × 107 cm
Slide No. 3
Aley Series II, No. 1, No. 2, 1992
Slide No. 4
Aley Series III, No. 3, No. 2, No. 1, 1991
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
257 × 107 cm each panel
Slide No. 5
Aley Series V No. 1–2, 1992
Graphite, gold leaf, earth, organic materials on mylar
206 × 107 cm
Slide No. 6
Aley Series V No. 7–8, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
206 × 107 cm
Slide No. 7
Aley Series VI No. 1–2, No. 3–4, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, graphite, oil on mylar
239 × 107 cm
Slide No. 8
Leaf No. 1, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, oil on mylar
241 × 107 cm
Slide No. 9
Leaf No. 2, 1992
Gold leaf, organic material, oil on mylar
241 × 107 cm
Aley and Leaf Series
Each year a tree bears hundreds of leaves; from a distance they appear the same, yet each is unique; each bears its own particular markings.
“The tree develops slowly, almost imperceptibly; its changing qualities are most readily expressed through its leaves, in which both the cycle of the seasons and the successive change of generation are so clearly manifested. The Chinese character for ‘leaf’, yeh, emphasizes this essential quality of change that unites the organic and the human worlds; ‘tree’ at the bottom and the ‘grass’ radical at the top are joined by the character for ‘generations’. Leaf: the seasonal life and death of the tree.”
— Barbara Aria, The Nature of the Chinese Characters, p. 67