Charlie James Gallery
975 Chung King Rd
213.687.0844
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Artwork by Ala Ebtekar, Courtesy of Charlie James Gallery
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Opens Saturday Mar 21, 2009 (6–9pm)
Mar 21, 2009 – Apr 18, 2009
Wednesdays–Saturdays (noon–6pm)
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For a Chung King Road gallery showing, the idea of an exhibition celebrating the Chinese New Year might not be that odd. But the new two-person exhibition Hampah (Farsi for "two walkers sharing a path") instead commemorates the Persian New Year. A collaborative undertaking between Bay Area artists Ala Ebtekar and Taravat Talepasand, both Iranian-Americans, the show finds the two pursuing its thread in diverse ways. Ebtekar's work draws on and merges paradigms of urban street art, political events, and decorative tradition; Talepasand, on the other hand, uses more confrontational, narrative imagery to directly challenge the intransigent taboos and prejudices that endure in society.
