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Shoja Azari
Born 1958, Shiraz, Iran. Lives and works in New York.
Selected solo exhibitions
2006
Project Rooms, ARCO, Madrid.
Domus Artium Museum Salamanca, Spain.
Special Project, Marco Noire Contemporary Arts, Art Basel.
Marco Noire Contemporary Arts, Torino.
Galleria Il Gabbiano, Rome.
Helga de Alvear Gallery, Madrid.
Figge Von Rosen Gallery, Cologne.
Kunstfilm Videonale, Cologne.
Selected group exhibitions
2006
Emergencias, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain.
After the Revolution: Contemporary Artists from Iran, curated by Octavio Zaya, Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian, Spain.
At the end of the 20th century this Iranian cinematographer became a genuine discovery for Europeans. Eastern contemplation, a distance maintained by the artist in relation to the object of depiction and a respect for life in all of its manifestations- these are the features that bring Shoja Azari’s works close to the national school of cinema. At the same time the artist turns to the problems of violence, freedom, fear and loneliness, common to all cultures. Waking the viewer up from the ‘trance of everydayness’, Azari manages to arouse sympathy and compassion for his heroes.
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Shoja Azari (Iran/USA)
The Passing, Window series, 2006
Video, 14.30 min
Thanks to Marco Noire Contemporary Arts, Turin, Italy, Helga de Alvear Gallery, Madrid, Spain, Figge Von Rosen Gallery, Koln, Germany
Courtesy the artist
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