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Paintings
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Islamic erotica and other paintings
Makan "Max" Emadi
May 4, 2005
iranian.com
Representation of the female body is forbidden in
strict Islamic tradition, and is therefore taboo in today's Muslim
cultures. To imagine Western art without the nude is, in contrast,
impossible. These paintings revisit the Western tradition of pin-up
art and its "celebration " of the female form while "lovingly" objectifying
it through overexposure and unnatural posing of the model. The
Middle East's version of sexism, in contrast, takes the form of
control through mandated repressive female clothing, or "Hejab," in
the name of protecting and honoring women.
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Makan "Max" Emadi emigrated with his family
from Iran in 1979 at the age of fourteen. While attending Claremont
High School he became interested in art courses and took Ceramics
for four years. Following high school, he studied sculpting with
Betty Davenport Ford. Max's career took him away from art for many
years. After becoming secure in his career as a psychotherapist
and beginning his current job for the Los Angeles County Department
of Mental Health, as well as joining the adjunct faculty at Mount
San Antonio College, he decided to revisit the artistic interests
of his teens.
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