Gray Memories

Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East
© Mahmood Sabzi
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Gray Memories

2009
Collages
Mixed media
Mount: 37 1/2 x 28 7/8 in. (95.25 x 73.34 cm)
Gift of Anousheh and Ali Razi (M.2011.121)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Greater Los Angeles is home to the largest population of Iranians outside of Iran. Among the smaller group that collects art, Mahmood Sabzi has been the Iranian-American artist of choice....
Greater Los Angeles is home to the largest population of Iranians outside of Iran. Among the smaller group that collects art, Mahmood Sabzi has been the Iranian-American artist of choice. This work with its traditional Persian gold-illuminated borders surrounding charred gray squares, reflects the artist's mixed memories of Iran, which he left in the early 1980s, following combat service in the Iran-Iraq war. Sabzi's best works to date are his more personal pieces such as this.

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