Shahram Entekhabi ( fa, شهرام انتخابی ), born 1963 is an
Iran
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ian-born video and installation artist.
Work
He participated in a group exhibition at the
Chelsea Arts Museum, where his contribution was sex worker calling cards to which he had added full veils. In July 2009,
The New York Times
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wrote in an art review
Iran Inside Out regarding a similar piece, ''Shahram Entekhabi draws chadors in black Magic Marker on images of dating-service models.''
Entekhabi caused a stir in
Lucerne
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in January 2011 when he stretched red and white barrier tape across the city's Town Hall Bridge without first securing a permit, impeding traffic on a Friday afternoon.
Foundation and Initiated projects
* WL PROJECT, curatorial and artistic projects, 200
* i RAN Home, presentation of contemporary Iranian visual culture in Berlin, 200
* UNITY, contemporary art projects against racism in collaboration with UNICEF in Penang, Malaysia, 200
References
External links
Shahram EntekhabiOfficial Site
Parasite Architecture Projects– Official Site 2
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1963 births
Living people
Exhibition designers
Iranian video artists
Iranian installation artists