You like? We do! In fact: we love! Throughout time, Persian patterns have remained of the most enlightened, delicate, and precisely-detailed in the world…And we simply adore seeing more and more  parts of our often-unmentioned culture so smartly inserted into the mainstream market. (In this case; urban playgrounds, empty pools, and skateboard ramps.) Eric Esmailzadeh Parnes‘s newest creation and usable product(s): “Boards of [...]

Washington, DC – The Fridge DC is pleased to present its November 2009 exhibition I RAN Home (In America), running November 5 through November 29, 2009. (Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 7:00-10:00 pm.) Iranian artists have become players in the national and international contemporary art scene, but too often, this genre is tied to [...]

Art is up for interpretation. So what would you discern from a series of paintings featuring covered women in action? The reactions are mixed, but some are just surprising. Eric Esmailzadeh Parnes’ work is current and partly draws inspiration from ideological-iconography in some places. One of his works – which sold for $8,000 – of a woman dressed in a chador while [...]

 Art is up for interpretation. So what would you discern from a series of paintings featuring covered women in action?