The Fold is a visual and psychological investigation of the French psychiatrist and photographer Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934). The project originated during research at Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, where Hoda Afshar encountered an archive of thousands of images de Clérambault took in Morocco of veiled Islamic women, and sometimes men, through which he sought to explore his psychoanalytic ideas about covering and fantasy.
Exhibitions /
Hoda Afshar
‘NGV Triennial’
Dec 3 – Apr 7, 2024 NGV International, Melbourne
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from 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024 at
NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy 1 / 7
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from 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024 at
NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy 2 / 7
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from 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024 at
NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy 3 / 7
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from 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024 at
NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy 4 / 7
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from 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024 at
NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy 5 / 7
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from 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024 at
NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy 6 / 7
![](https://img.imageboss.me/milanigallery/cover:inside/600x600/quality:80/artworks/hoda-afshar/128A1788.jpg?bossToken=ce19685e574849731ea695e7fbf00b630249061e59960f7c46e969b55dfc6939)
from 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024 at
NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy 7 / 7
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery. Proposed acquisition, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists