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Rachel Lee Hovnanian has executed multiple series that take up the iconography of angels–those universal figures that witness and accompany spiritual journeys–to address the isolation and spiritual dearth exacerbated by modern societal fragmentation. theme of suppressed voices and concealed truths. In participatory works like Angels Listening and Taped Shut, ritualistic process of writing one's innermost thoughts or taping one’s mouth, viewers experience a collective release and awakening of awareness. Hovnanian invites viewers to confront the consequences of silence in contemporary society while carving avenues of catharsis with works that serve as a poignant reminder of the power of communal expression and shared experience in a world increasingly shaped by alienation.
