Featuring more than 60 visually stunning works on loan from the historic Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford as well as works from the State Library of Victoria and other local collections. Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond, is the largest exhibition of Persian manuscripts to be held in Australia.
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"The State" presents a group exhibition running from November 10th-December 3rd, 2011.
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NYU Abu Dhabi presents a solo exhibition by Bahar Behbahani which began Fall 2011 and will run through January 27, 2012. Behbahani explores her childhood memories of Iran’s turbulent history. Painting the psychological landscape of her upbringing she uses language, cultural symbols and icons to convey the “volatile sense of place” that she experienced as a child and [...]
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AB Gallery Luzern/Zürich is delighted to announce that we will participate in Abu Dhabi Art 2011, the Abu Dhabi International Art Fair. After contributing to Art Dubai this year AB Gallery is pleased to announce its second exhibition at an art fair in the UAE this year. The gallery’s booth will showcase major new works from Shahriar Ahmadi (Iran), Halim Al Karim (Iraq), Sadegh Tirafkan (Iran), Samira Hodaei (Iran), Mohamed Abouelnaga (Egypt), Hassan Sharif (UAE), Hassan Meer (Oman), Leila Pazooki (Iran/Germany) and Shahram Entekhabi (Iran/Germany).
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The figurines are made by a workshop in Italy that has been producing religious statuary for generations, and deliberately infuses the works with an air of old Catholic saints. In their jeans or boxer shorts these beautifully detailed figures of suffering look like modern-day Christs or St. Sebastians. Using the news photographs as raw material, Aramesh recreates scenes using non-professional actors. The figures are then photographed from every angle. (For his restaging photographs he takes the scenarios out of context, often staging them in opulent surroundings.)
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Works by 25 of the most promising Iranian contemporary artists will be on free public exhibition at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London, during London’s Frieze Week from October 10–15, 2011. The exhibition concludes with a charity auction of the exhibited works conducted by Christie’s; directly followed by an announcement revealing the MOP CAP 2011 Winner. [...]
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