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Shoja Azari
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Description
- Shoja Azari
- Interrupted 1 (From the Interrupted Series)
- signed, titled, dated 2010 and numbered 2/6 on the reverse
- c-print
- 102 by 152.5cm.; 40 by 60in.
- Executed in 2010, this work is number 2 from an edition of 6, plus 1 artist's proof.
Provenance
Property of the artist
Catalogue Note
Iranian artist Shoja Azari is best known for his moving-image works. In his psychologically charged works, the artist poignantly juxtaposes aestheticised high-definition cinematography with raw subject matter, which often deals with violence, war and human suffering. His most recent videos and installations have incorporated visual traditions of Persian miniature painting to communicate the eternal struggles of mankind.
The present lot is part of a series of four photographs that was an experiment in storytelling. As an alternative to film, the artist communicates the narrative through a photo shoot of a carefully constructed imaginary film set. The story told by Interrupted is that of power struggle and violence among the ruling class in Iran. The child, here positioned at the centre of the composition in the foreground, represents the lamentable castrating effects these have on the future generation.