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Persian Battle Scene, 2003
67" x 60",
Coffee stains, saffron, acrylic,
and gouache on paper
Artist's Collection, New York
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Of fondness & pain
Paintings
Negar Ahkami
December 5, 2004
iranian.com
Merging her Iranian influences of electric color
and rhythmic, framed, symbolist narratives with her Western
influences of pop, Orientalist, post-impressionist, and medieval
art -- helps Negar Ahkami reconcile her fondness for Persian
culture with brutal events in Iran and the painful stereotypes
of Iran in American media to which she has been exposed. Negar's
unification of these sources suggests a relationship, complicating
prevalent American (and art historical) notions of an isolated "Islamic
World." The visual cacophony in her work echoes
the distinct voice of first generation American experience.
Negar's spontaneous process, whereby imagery reveals itself
to her from wet gesso and coffee stains, results in a psychological,
intuitive dialogue with Persian painting >>> Bio
at fortnight-kitchen.com
Negar Ahkami's work will be on display at
an Open Studio for New York's School of Visual Arts' Masters
in Fine Arts (MFA) program, where she is currently enrolled.
Like all the other MFA students at SVA, Negar is opening
her studio to the public for
2 days, during these hours: December 17 & 18, 2004. Reception:
Friday, December 17, 5 - 9 pm. Exhibition: Saturday, December 18, 12 - 8 pm.
Studios: 141 West 21st Street in Manhattan, 8th & 9th Floors, Studio #921.
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