Curated by Shaheen Merali
January 14th, 2010 / February 27th, 2010
Artists:
SAMIRA ABBASSY
IMAN AFSARIAN
ASGAR/GABRIEL
MASOUMEH BAKHTIYARI
SHAHRAM ENTEKHABI
PARASTOU FOROUHAR
SHADI GHADIRIAN
BABAK GOLKAR
PEYMAN HOOSHMANDZADEH
ABBAS KOWSARI
MANDANA MOGHADDAM
AMIN NOURANI
LEILA PAZOOKI
SARA RAHBAR
NEDA RAZAVIPOUR
BEHRANG SAMADZADEGAN
ROZITA SHARAFJAHAN
JINOOS TAGHIZADEH
New York, NY, January 14th, 2010 ,Arario New York in collaboration with Galerie Hilger Vienna is pleased to present The Promise of Loss: A Contemporary Index of Iran, an exhibition curated by Shaheen Merali. An exhibition of works created by young Iranian artists, the show aims to provide a glimpse into the contemporary art world and culture of Iran, uniting both internationally established artists with new and emerging talents to engage in a multifarious challenge to conventional perceptions of the country through the works of over a dozen artists living in and out of Iran.
The exhibition has traveled to New York from BrotKunsthalle in Vienna where it was shown for the first time based on the extensive knowledge and research of the renowned curator Shaheen Merali.