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by Jolene Torr
Nima Alizadeh, Saba Alizadeh, Mohammad Ghazali, Ghazaleh Hedayat, Abbas Kowsari, Mehran Mohajer, Neda Razavipour, Homayoun Sirizi at Intersection for the Arts/ Intersection 5M November 4th, 2009 - January 23rd, 2010
Posted 11/16/09

Life in Tehran means several different things certainly, and I think in the West, it’s common to polarize the possible meanings based on obvious stereotypes and newswire-fueled assumptions. It’s easy that way. But in approaching this collection of modern art from Tehran, a complex intellectual tension surfaces as the artists are responding, surely, to an aggressively political and religious society but also attempting to reveal another richer layer in the story along with the symbols... [more]