While working at Art Dubai I got a chance to pay homage to one of my favorite exhibitions - Iran Inside Out. I first met the exhibition in NYC @ the Chelsea Art Museum. It was love at first sight. The exhibit was aesthetically flawless, a perfect 10 in the beauty category. Unlike most infatuations with beauty, which end up being fleeting attractions, this exhibition had substance - the full package if you will. It was wrought with thought provoking content, political turm oil, & sex appeal. It was like Nancy Pelosi meets Bar Refaeli wearing lingerie lounging on a bed of iranian rice - amazing.
my second visit with Iran Inside Out was just as engaging. Housed in the Farjam Gallery, the smaller space allowed for only a select number of works to be shown. To make things even more intimate -the curators of the exhibition - Till Fellrath & Sam Bardaouil of artreoriented - showed up to give a guided tour. Since I like to keep my love life private - I wont show you the whole tour, but here is a little snapshot showcasing a work by Newsha Tavakolian titled Maria (2007)
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