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LeilaHellerGalleryispleasedtoannouncemajoracquisitionsbyinternationallyrenowned
museumsandprivatecollections.Pleaseseebelowfordetailedinformationabouteachwork,
artist,andinstitution.
HadiehShafie,7Colors:LightGreen,C.P.CadmiumRedDark,IridescentBright
Gold,C.P.CadmiumYellowMedium,UltramarineBlue,PhthaloBlue(Green
Shade),C.P.CadmiumOrange(TelesmSeries),2015,Ink,acrylic,andpaper
withprintedandhandwrittenFarsitextEshgh("Love/Passion"),36x36x4.5in
/91.44x91.44x11.43cm
TheBrooklynMuseum,Brooklyn,NYHadiehShafie'scolorfulandmultidimentionalworksdefysimplecategorization.Theartistlayersthousandofstripsofhandpaintedpaper,whicharethenrolledintoscrollsandplacedwithinaframeorstackedflat.TheFarsiwordeshgh("love/passion")isinscribedonandoftenconcealedwithinthelayersofpaper.
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HadiehShafie,Forugh5,2015,Ink,acrylic,andpaperwithprintedand
handwrittenFarsitextfromthepoem'TavalodiDigar'('AnotherBirth'),25.5x
11x3.5in/64.8x27.9x8.9cm
TheDavisMuseumatWellesleyCollege,Wellesley,MAHadiehShafiecontinuestoexploretheconceptualaspectsofhermediuminForugh5,thecelebrated20thcenturypoetForughFarrokhzad's"AnotherBirth"istheinspiration.Afragmentofthepoemispaintedontheedgeofstripsofpaper,thentheartistscontinuestointerrupt,displaceandshiftthepaperuntilthetextfromthepoemisabstracted.
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MitraTabrizian,Surveillance,ca.19891990,Monochromedigitalprint
TheBritishMuseum,London,UK
MitraTabrizian's,miseensceneincludesbankersinanofficebuilding,womenwalkingthroughTeheran'ssurroundingmountains,amanstandingonthesidewalknothingseemsoutoftheordinaryyetTabrizianstagestheseevocative
scenesasifwearewalkinginonthesubjectsmidscene,immediatelybeforeoraftertheclimaxofthenarrative.Oftenthe
imagesappearcoldorevendisturbinginlargepartduetotheutterdisconnectbetweenthecharacters.
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RezaAramesh,Action138:WestBanktownofJericho,Tuesday,March14,
2006.11:08AM,2015,Polychromelimewood,glassandwoodveneer,Height
36.8in/93.5cm
ContemporaryArtPlatform,Kuwait
RezaAramesh,Action143/018collage,2015,Collage,15x12in/38.1x
30.48cm
ContemporaryArtPlatform,Kuwait
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RezaAramesh,Action135:May8,1945.9:03AM.CityofSetif,Algeria.,2014,Handcarvedlimewood,glasseyesandpaint,35.8x11x5.5in/90.93x27.94x
13.97cm
MuseumofContemporaryArtinKrakw,Poland
Workinginphotography,sculpture,videoandperformance,RezaAramesh'sprofoundunderstandingofthehistoryofart,
filmandliteratureiseverpresentinhiswork.Massmediaimagery,typicallyofrecentwarsandarmedconflicts,becomes
thesourcematerialforawiderangeofworks,allofwhichhetitlesActions.
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ShojaAzari,IdyllicLife(videostill2),2012,HDvideo,specialeffectsandsound
design:JohnnyAzari
LosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt,LosAngeles,CA
Inhiswork,ShojaAzariconfrontsbroadthemesof
gender,politicsandpiety,drawinginspirationfromandre
interpretingreligiousicons.Azari'sworkhasbeenexhibited
globally,withsoloshowsthroughoutEuropeandNorth
America.AzarihasparticipatedinexhibitionsattheVenice
Biennale,atmusuemssuchasGermany'sHousderKulturen
andtheMUSACinSpain.
IkUd,SartorialAnarchy#24,2013,PigmentonSatinPaper,45.7x36.5in/
116.08x92.71cm
MuseumofContemporaryPhotography,ColumbiaCollege,Chicago,IL
IkUd'sdistinctiveportraits,whichpoeticizecolors,
sumptuousfabric,andcomposition,transcendthe
traditionalaestheticofportraiturebyadoptingapost
moderntwist.TheSartorialAnarchyseriesshowahighly
stylizedworldofcolorandimprovisationalvirtuosity,in
whichtheartistemploysmen'sfashionensemblethathave
beenculledfromvarioushistoricaltimesandgeographies.
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KambizSharif,Need,2015,Bronze
TheDavisMuseumatWellesleyCollege,Wellesley,MA
KambizShariflivesinVancouver,Canadawherehemovedoverafewyearsago.Herehestartedanewlife
wherehecontinueshissculpturalpractice.Hisabstract
worksutilizeintricateconceptualideasanddrawtheir
inspirationfromthebroadersocialworldaswellas
everydaylifeandtimelessconceptsofbeauty.
AyadAlkadhi,IAmBaghdadV,2008,acrylic,charcoalandmarkerpenonArabicnewspaperoncanvas,48x48in/121.9x121.9cm
TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork,NY
AyadAlkadhispaintingscontainautobiographicalelementsleadingbacktothedevastatingeventsthattook
placeduringhislifeinBaghdad.Usingthebackdropof
Arabicnewspapers,hisseries,IamBaghdad,isanarrativeofimmobileandagonizingmemoriesdispersedthroughout
hiscanvases.ThisgifttoTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt
wasmadepossiblethankstothegenerousityofaprivate
collector.
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