Tag: Middle East Modern & Contemporary Art

  • In Memory of Farideh Lashai: An Exhibition Celebrating the Life and Work of Farideh Lashai

    In Memory of Farideh Lashai: An Exhibition Celebrating the Life and Work of Farideh Lashai

    March 2013 – October 2013 The Farjam Foundation presents an exhibition honoring Farideh Lashai. She was one of Iran’s leading female artist, and paved the way for a global appreciation of an Iranian cultural aesthetic. Her lifetime of works explore her love for nature and expose her cultural identity and heritage.  She articulated her experiences…

  • Hybrid, A Selection Of Works By Shirin Aliabadi From The Farjam Foundation

    Hybrid, A Selection Of Works By Shirin Aliabadi From The Farjam Foundation

    March 2012 – June 2012 The Farjam Foundation is pleased to present Hybrid, a solo exhibition of works by Iranian photographer and artist Shirin Aliabadi, to open Monday March 19th on Art Nights at Gate Village DIFC. This exhibition will include works from Aliabadi’s previous series of Girls in Cars, Miss Hybrid, City Girls, and Eye Love You, and present…

  • LOVE IS NOT EVERYTHING, a selection of works by Farhad Moshiri

    LOVE IS NOT EVERYTHING, a selection of works by Farhad Moshiri

    March 2011 – June 2011 LOVE IS NOT EVERYTHING, an exhibition of selected works by Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri, marks the first worldwide retrospective of Farhad Moshiri’s career to date. Renowned for his hybrid work, which often fuses traditional Iranian art forms with those of Western culture, Moshiri’s art is a stirring monument to our…

  • Nujoom: Constellations of Arab Art from The Farjam Foundation

    Nujoom: Constellations of Arab Art from The Farjam Foundation

    November 2010 – March 2011 Nujoom: Constellations of Arab Art from The Farjam Foundation aims not to be a comprehensive representation of artistic production in the Arab world, but rather, as the title implies, a selection of artworks that together, form a vivid picture of the region’s artistic landscape. This selection is the fruit of a…

  • Iran Inside Out

    Iran Inside Out

    March – June 2010 Influences of Homeland and Diaspora on the Artistic Language of Contemporary Iranian Artists. Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Iran Inside Out examines the ways in which artists working in and outside of Iran today reconcile cultural and geographical distances with the search for individual artistic expression.  Of the artists…