Participating Iranian artists include: Abbas Akhavan, Amir H. Fallah, Laleh Khorramian, and Farhad Moshiri.

And showing at Traffic starting Thursday, Sept 22nd, will be Iranian artists Hesam Rahmanian, Mahmoud Bakhshi, Aman Mojadidi, Anahita Razmi, along with other international artists: Banksy, Damien Hirst, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, James Clar, Nada Dada, Tracey Emin, Shepard Fairey, Rami Farook, Abdulnasser Gharem, Hayv Kahraman, Ahmed Mater, Shaikha Al Mazrou, UBIK, Ayman Yossri, aka Daydban

Drawing inspiration from history, the universality of angels as a symbol and religious pilgrimages, Amani’s aesthetically futuristic interpretation of angels are wrought with vivacious personality, yet also leave room for subtle contemplation and self-reflection on morality and the universal language that symbols, even when embodied by humans, have.

New York – An exhibition of 12 new paintings by Pouran Jinchi that explore chaos and disorder will be on view at Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery from November 17 through December 21, 2010. The work, from Jinchi’s Entropy series, is composed of intricate layers of calligraphic forms and markings, which develop organically on the [...]

Creating a revealing dialogue between artists living and working in the East and West, ILLUMINATIONS (After Arthur Rimbaud) highlights the strength of light to bind different cultures together.

“For the past three years, because of censorship in Iran and some other problems, I have had no official exhibitions and have not been able to create any work.  So with best wishes for Magic of Persia I won’t be able to participate in MOP CAP 2011.” Anonymous. The first of its kind, Magic of Persia Contemporary [...]

Shoja Azari’s first solo exhibition in New York City “Icons,” will feature six new video works which examine the role of saints and heroes in modern society. In the early 20th century, coffee house-style painting flourished in Iran. Based on Persian mythology, the large paintings depicted the heat of battle, the afterlife and martyrdom, truth [...]