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I RAN Home Exhibit Opening @ The Fridge
by Svetlana
| November 5, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
The Fridge DC is pleased to present its November 2009 exhibition I RAN Home (In America), running November 5 through November 29, 2009 and featuring three Iranian-American artists: Pooneh Maghazehe, Eric Robert Parnes and Hadieh Shafie. In conjunction with the exhibition, The Fridge will host a series of events highlighting Iranian culture. Meet exhibiting artists Eric Robert Parnes and Hadieh Shafie at an opening reception on Thursday, November 5, 7-10pm.
The Fridge DC . 516 8th St SE, Rear Alley . Washington, DC 20003
At Bastani & Branding on Saturday, November 14, 6-9pm, exhibiting artist Pooneh Maghazehe will demonstrate the process of creating her It’s What’s for Dinner series, of which the works feature raw meat branded with an Islamic pattern used in architectural detailing throughout Iran. Maghazehe’s event will feature participants in custom-made garments branding meat and tortillas, grilling them, and offering them for consumption to the audience. This is a unique opportunity for attendees to view and participate in art-making, and attendees will be treated to bastani (Persian ice cream). This event is free, but the first twenty attendees to donate $5 towards the project will receive merchandise from Persianesque Magazine.
Maghazehe says of the event: “In performance that teeters between private ceremony and public spectacle, witness a conglomeration of signs and symbols that create metaphor for the dynamic on which concepts of social order and power rest… This work investigates the viewer’s role or participation in the completion of work of art and, weaves into a personal biography that parallels a subversive take on symbols of authoritative nationalist and capitalist ideology.”
might have to check this out, thanks for posting
November 2, 2009 at 3:43 pm