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Politics on canvas: Nicky Nodjoumi and the New York enclave The artists work transcends borders and displays a worldliness that is a hallmark of Iranian artists in New York. The corner of Laight and Hudson in New York, where the newly established Taymour Grahne Gallery was exhibiting its very first show, seemed like an odd place for an Iranian artist to reflect back on his lifetime achievement. But early in September, the gallery was the scene of a spectacular opening featuring the large-scale oil paintings of Nicky Nodjoumi, Chasing the Butterfly and Other Recent Paintings. After decades of unwavering, principled, and quiet work, Nodjoumi has finally arrived as a major aesthetic visionary of his contemporary time, having carved a commanding angle on our lived experiences from the assured perspective of a global worldliness that has patiently and consistently crossed all artificial borders of identity and politics. Today it is the overwhelming political force of his art that immediately attracts his viewers. The Huffington Post captured the very essence of the evident political implication of Nodjoumis art when covering his exhibition: Iranian Artist Nicky Nodjoumi Talks Revolutions, Secret Police And The Vietnam War.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:46:23 +0000

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