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TUESDAY, MAY 4 6-8PM
The Icons series, 2010, is comprised of five video works that appropriate popular posters of saints in Iran. Inspired by how Renaissance painters humanized religious figures, Azari seeks to make icons resonate in a new way.
Iranian-born Shoja Azari has lived in New York City since 1983. His films and video installations have been screened and exhibited widely around the world. Most recently, his video work has been seen in solo gallery exhibitions in London; Turin, Italy; and Köln, Germany, and at art fairs including Art Basel, Switzerland, and ARCO, Madrid. Since 1997, he has collaborated with Shrin Neshat on film and video installations including Women Without Men, which won the Silver Lion for best director at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. He has also collaborated with Shahram Karimi on video paintings which project video on painted surfaces.
AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE ACCOMPANIES THE EXHIBITION WITH ESSAYS BY: SAM BARDAOUIL DR. HAMID DABASHI BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO
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