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![A wide, horizontal canvas stages two women in a spare, timeless interior. At left, one figure reclines languidly across a mound of stacked books, her body sinking into uneven spines, her eyes closed reflecting inward. She wears a luminous cream gown whose surface is patterned with golden outlines of human heads, each rendered as a miniature portrait. These heads spread across the fabric like a decorative motif, turning her dress into an archive of remembered lives. At right, another woman sits upright in a purple sleeveless tanktop pulling a single pale thread; it unravels from the gown and curls toward the floor, disrupting the cohesion of the faces. Together, the books and the dress mark two fragile repositories of memory ... one textual, one embodied ... held in balance at the edge of forgetting.
The painting’s title echoes Salvador Dalí’s "Persistence of Memory," but here clocks are replaced by human presence and cultural inheritance. Chami has long emphasized that “the body, with all its nuances, is the main protagonist.” In this painting, the body literally carries memory, clothed in countless lives, even as another threatens to undo them. The act of unraveling suggests grief, erasure, and the precarious labor of preservation, while the book pile across the canvas insists on the weight of recorded knowledge. Evansville Museum’s catalogue noted this precise drama: one figure “lounging on a mound of books,” the other “unravels thread from [an] embroidered gown.”
Born in Mexico City and based in Chicago, Chami studied conservation and draws on Baroque techniques to bring Old Master rigor to contemporary realist narratives. Her works, shown internationally and including the official 2018 Mexican presidential portrait, weave allegory, symbolism, and psychological depth. Here, memory persists not through clocks but through bodies, books, and fragile threads to remind us that what we inherit, we also risk unraveling.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dtli5s7b2qnvvqcgh74ruri5/bafkreib5xdfwuyfi4np66bktvmkeleleh3c3ngk5xoa25hkinjgsg2aur4)
A wide, horizontal canvas stages two women in a spare, timeless interior. At left, one figure reclines languidly across a mound of stacked books, her body sinking into uneven spines, her eyes closed reflecting inward. She wears a luminous cream gown whose surface is patterned with golden outlines of human heads, each rendered as a miniature portrait. These heads spread across the fabric like a decorative motif, turning her dress into an archive of remembered lives. At right, another woman sits upright in a purple sleeveless tanktop pulling a single pale thread; it unravels from the gown and curls toward the floor, disrupting the cohesion of the faces. Together, the books and the dress mark two fragile repositories of memory ... one textual, one embodied ... held in balance at the edge of forgetting. The painting’s title echoes Salvador Dalí’s "Persistence of Memory," but here clocks are replaced by human presence and cultural inheritance. Chami has long emphasized that “the body, with all its nuances, is the main protagonist.” In this painting, the body literally carries memory, clothed in countless lives, even as another threatens to undo them. The act of unraveling suggests grief, erasure, and the precarious labor of preservation, while the book pile across the canvas insists on the weight of recorded knowledge. Evansville Museum’s catalogue noted this precise drama: one figure “lounging on a mound of books,” the other “unravels thread from [an] embroidered gown.” Born in Mexico City and based in Chicago, Chami studied conservation and draws on Baroque techniques to bring Old Master rigor to contemporary realist narratives. Her works, shown internationally and including the official 2018 Mexican presidential portrait, weave allegory, symbolism, and psychological depth. Here, memory persists not through clocks but through bodies, books, and fragile threads to remind us that what we inherit, we also risk unraveling.
"The persistence of memory when we are just able to forget" by Carmen Chami (Mexican) - Oil on canvas / 2023 - Evansville Museum of Art (Indiana) #WomenInArt #art #WomensArt #CarmenChami #WomanArtist #Chami #artText #WomenArtists #EvansvilleMuseumofArt #WomenPaintingWomen #MexicanArtist #memory
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Fvtvr INVITES: Blasha & Allatt B2B Chami, OPH, Justine Perry @ Fvtvr - 22 Aug feat. Blasha & Allatt, Chami, OPH + more
#SESH #BlashaAllatt #Chami #OPH
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Vault Sessions ALL VINYL WKNDR - RADION @ RADION - 04 Oct feat. Chami, Olivia Mendez, Costanza + more
#SESH #Chami #OliviaMendez #Costanza
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C12 - Open Air - After Party @ C12 - 30 Aug feat. Beste Hira, Chami, Raär + more
#SESH #BesteHira #Chami #Rar
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Sexyrecs x Loone @ Loone - 15 Aug feat. Any Mello, Chami, Laure Croft + more
#SESH #AnyMello #Chami #LaureCroft
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#Chami+Felicity are 2 beagles suffering inside a Tx #lab
#Chami spent more than 7mo.alone in a cage,spinning in circles,soiling herself💔Her trauma was well-documented-but instead of getting help,she's in a painful #NIH funded experiment that ends in her #death
www.thepetitionsite.com/672/008/292/...
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PLEASE HELP #FreeChami & #FreeFelicity!
Sweet #Chami has spent 7 months in TX A&M’s Research Building, spinning in a small kennel in visible distress, in Pain & with deep mental trauma.
Lovely #Felicity is doing just as Badly.
Let's Demand their freedom!
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歌唱力を磨く体験！Music Planetの特別ボイトレ講座が好評開催 #Music_Planet #ボイトレ講座 #chami
Music Planetが開催したボイトレ講座で、12名のアーティストが歌の表現力向上を学びました。多くの参加者が充実した内容に感動しています。
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大阪で開催！アーティストのためのボイトレ講座レポート #Music_Planet #ボイトレ #chami
歌唱力アップを目指すアーティスト必見！Music Planetが行ったボイトレ講座の詳細や参加者の声をお伝えします。
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Unlock Your Vocal Potential: Music Planet Hosts Special Vocal Training in Osaka #Japan #Osaka #Music_Planet #Vocal_Training #chami
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歌唱力を高めるためのボイトレ講座、ミュージックプラネットが大阪で開催！ #ミュージックプラネット #ボイトレ講座 #chami
ミュージックプラネットが歌唱向上を目的としたボイトレ講座を大阪で開催。経験者から初心者まで12名のアーティストが参加。講師はchami氏。
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ボイトレ講座で歌唱力向上を目指す！Music Planetが大阪で開催 #Music_Planet #ポイトレ #chami
大阪で開催されたMusic Planetのボイトレ講座では、chami氏が参加アーティストに歌唱の基礎と表現力を指導。受講者からは好評の声が集まりました。
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TO_MI / CHAMi
♬おすすめの曲♪
#jpop #Spotify #NowPlaying #音楽 #邦楽 #NewReleases #FeriosList 210
#CHAMi
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