past exhibition
Arghavan Khosravi
April 14 to September 5, 2022
Arghavan Khosravi creates surrealist paintings that explore themes of exile, freedom, and empowerment. The artist’s enigmatic compositions center on women protagonists and allude to the restriction of human rights, particularly those of immigrants. Her work is both semiautobiographical and universal.
Khosravi draws on several cross-cultural stylistic influences, from ancient Western sculpture to the posturing of contemporary fashion magazines to the compressed perspective of Persian miniature painting. Often using printed textiles from Iran as her canvas, she weaves the patterning of these materials into the narrative of her work. She further experiments with three-dimensional canvases, building her own shaped wood panels which add further depth and create optical illusions that augment the compositions.
This is Khosravi’s first museum exhibition. It will showcase a range of new work created over the last few years, most on view for the first time.
About the artist
Arghavan Khosravi (b. 1984, Shahr-e-kord, Iran) earned an MFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design after completing the studio art program at Brandeis University. Khosravi previously earned a BFA in Graphic Design from Tehran Azad University and an MFA in Illustration from the University of Tehran.
Member Preview
Thursday, April 14
10am to 5pm
Public Opening
Thursday, April 14
5pm to 8pm
ARTalk
Saturday, April 16
Join Arghavan Khosravi and curator Samantha Cataldo for a midafternoon discussion on Khosravi’s highly anticipated, first solo museum exhibition.
Learn more and register here for this in person ARTalk on Saturday, April 16 from 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm.
This exhibition and related programs are supported by an anonymous donor.
Arghavan Khosravi, The Touch, 2019
acrylic on cotton canvas over wood panel
36 x 31.5 x 1.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist, © Arghavan Khosravi, 2022, photo: Julia Featheringill
Arghavan Khosravi
The Fire, 2020
acrylic on found textile and cotton canvas over wood panel, leather cord
54.5 x 38.5 x 2 inches
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, Ed and Mary Scheier Fund. 2022.6
photo: Julia Featheringill
Arghavan Khosravi, The Earring, 2021
acrylic on cotton canvas over wood panels, wood cutouts, elastic cord
38 x 24.5 x 6.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist, © Arghavan Khosravi, 2022, photo: Julia Featheringill
Arghavan Khosravi, Shelter, 2020
acrylic on cotton canvas over wood panels
24 x 14 x 2.25 inches
Courtesy of the artist, © Arghavan Khosravi, 2022, photo: Julia Featheringill
Arghavan Khosravi
The Uncertainty, 2020
acrylic on found textile and cotton canvas over wood panel, leather cord
39 x 61.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist, © Arghavan Khosravi, 2021
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