Investigating the different contours of Iranian polity and society, through contemporary modes of artistic enquiries, the Devi Art Foundation presents the works of 53 contemporary Iranian artists from the Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collection.
Curated by Amirali Ghasemi, the exhibition underlies the incapability of man to see various ‘realities’. The exhibition borrows its title from a poem by Rumi, which was inspired by an ancient story of The Elephant and the Blind. While the poet cleverly changes the dramatic state of blindness into darkness whichhas a cure, the poem illustrates how complex it is to evaluate an event, situation or an object when seen from a particular angle and not as a whole.
Taking Rumi’s poetic tale as a point of departure, the exhibition attempts to display both formal and conceptual practices that Iranian artists have adopted over the past decade, both inside and outside the country, to express their concerns.
Consisting of works of internationally known artists and a selection of upcoming young artists, the exhibition is divided into three sections – ‘Departure from Form’, ‘Reflection of a Complex Society‘ and ‘The Politicized Scenery‘, which deal with contemporary, social and current issues of Iraninan society and polity respectively.
The exhibition includes works by Samira Abbassy, Iman Afsarian, Aksbazi, Shirin Aliabadi, Samira Alikhanzadeh, Afruz Amighi, Mojtaba Amini, Nazgol Ansarinia, Kamrooz Aram, Reza Aramesh, Mehraneh Atashi, Shoja Azari, Mahmoud Bakhshi, amongst many others.
January 25-May 30, 2012
Devi Art Foundation
Sirpur House, Plot 39, Sector 44
Gurgaon 122003, Haryana, India
Timings
11am to 7pm, Tuesday to Sunday
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