Museum of Art and Design
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Nazgol Ansarinia, Rhyme and Reason
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Aug 26, 2009 – Oct 4, 2009
Tuesdays–Wednesdays (11am–6pm)
Thursdays (11am–9pm)
Fridays–Sundays (11am–6pm)
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- Price
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$15
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In her intricate tapestry, Rhyme and Reason, Tehran-based artist Nazgol Ansarinia arranges a coil of burka-clad figures into an arresting example of Islamic symmetry and her "amplification of the mundane." She and Tate Britain's Leyla Fakhr are one of three artist-curator tandems in the inaugural class of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize, which offers an international platform for up-and-coming talent from the MENASA region (Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia). Zoulikha Bouabdellah, of Algeria, partnered with Carol Solomon to dream up the aptly named illusion/installation Walk on the Sky. Pisces; while the Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman teamed with Cristiana Perrella for Strange Space, a recorded performance piece that addresses the clash of East and West in his modernizing homeland.
