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Fariba Hajamadi
Fariba Hajamadi (born Isfahan, Iran 1957) is an Iranian American artist whose work employs photography and painting on fabric, canvas, and wood panels, often presented as large scale installations. Her work investigates cultural and gender Identity, as well as narratives of displacement. A pioneer in the exploration of the representation of the “other”, Hajamadi dissects the cultural institution from the point of view of the cultural outsider both as a woman and as someone born in a non-Western culture. Fariba Hajamadi lives and works in New York City. Background Fariba Hajamadi left her native country of Iran in 1976, to pursue Fine Arts studies and received her BFA in painting from Western Michigan University. Hajamadi subsequently received her MFA at the California Institute of the Arts(Cal Arts), studying under Jonathan Borofsky and first generation conceptual artists John Baldessari, Michael Asher. Her fellow students included Ashley Bickerton, Christopher Williams, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is located south of Tehran and is the capital of Isfahan Province. The city has a population of approximately 2,220,000, making it the third-largest city in Iran, after Tehran and Mashhad, and the second-largest metropolitan area. Isfahan is located at the intersection of the two principal routes that traverse Iran, north–south and east–west. Isfahan flourished between the 9th and 18th centuries. Under the Safavids, Safavid dynasty, Isfahan became the capital of Achaemenid Empire, Persia, for the second time in its history, under Shah Abbas the Great. The city retains much of its history. It is famous for its Perso–Islamic architecture, grand boulevards, covered bridges, palaces, tiled mosques, and mina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
