"Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Diaspora on the Artistic Language of 56 Contemporary Iranian Artists" Exhibition

The Chelsea Art Museum

poster for "Iran Inside Out: Influences of Homeland and Diaspora on the Artistic Language of 56 Contemporary Iranian Artists" Exhibition

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Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the exhibition features 35 artists living and working in Iran alongside 21 others living in the Diaspora. The result is a multifarious portrait of 56 contemporary Iranian artists challenging the conventional perceptions of Iran and Iranian art. In "Iran Inside Out," 210 works comprising painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation come together, in a rare moment which allows visitors an intimate look into the people, both inside and outside a country that is more complex than images of veiled women, worn out calligraphy and what a handful of other emblematic images would suggest.

[Image: Pooneh Maghazehe "Hell's Puerto Rico (Performance Still)" (2008) digital C-print © artist and courtesy Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery]

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