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Farhad Ahrarnia b. 1971

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farhad Ahrarnia, The Delirium of Becoming, a Moment Caught Between Myth and History, no.9, 2019-22

Farhad Ahrarnia b. 1971

The Delirium of Becoming, a Moment Caught Between Myth and History, no.9, 2019-22
Digital print dyed onto cotton fabric, hand embroidered using, silk, cotton, and needles
165 x 111 cm
65 x 43 3/4 in

Framed Dimensions: 168 x 114 x 6.5 cm
Courtesy of the Artist and Lawrie Shabibi
Ahrarnia's large embroidered works on cotton aida are a commentary on the appropriation of orientalism in western culture in the early 20th century. Large-scale images of dancers from the 1920s...
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Ahrarnia's large embroidered works on cotton aida are a commentary on the appropriation of orientalism in western culture in the early 20th century. Large-scale images of dancers from the 1920s and 30s, dressed “Egyptian style”, are embroidered with patterns referencing the textile designs of Sonia Delauney, contemporary to them. By selecting images of dancers and actresses in exotic attire, Ahrarnia traces the changing attitudes of acceptability, questioning notions of progress and liberalism in the Western world through time. Through his signature use of embroidery, he both metaphorically and literally weaves together the disparate strands into a narrative that is as rich as it is nuanced.

Featured here is a reproduction image of Constance Collier as Cleopatra in His Majesty's (1907).
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