Afsoon
Electricity or Oil2011-2013

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Artist or Maker: Afsoon
Iran, born 1961
Title: Electricity or Oil
Date Made: 2011-2013
Medium: Archival print on artist paper
Dimensions: Primary support: 16 1/2 × 11 13/16 in. (41.91 × 30 cm) Frame: 22 × 17 1/2 × 7/8 in. (55.88 × 44.45 × 2.22 cm)
Credit Line: Art of the Middle East: CONTEMPORARY
Accession Number: M.2017.229.2
Classification: Prints
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Curatorial Notes: Afsoon’s series, "Persian Expressions," is inspired by the allegorical and often humorous messages behind popular Persian proverbs. The artist illustrates these amusing sayings according to her own spontaneous, subjective, and comical imagination. Electricity or Oil is based on a popular expression that loosely translates to "just my luck." The work depicts an attractive young woman who complains of her rotten luck of being surrounded by men whom she does not find very appealing. Born in Iran in 1961 but now based in London, Afsoon has shown her work in multiple solo and group exhibitions around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Morocco, Dubai, and Jeddah. As a writer, she has also published a novel and a number of short stories.
Copyright: © Afsoon

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Afsoon
Iran, born 1961
Title: Electricity or Oil
Date Made: 2011-2013
Medium: Archival print on artist paper
Dimensions: Primary support: 16 1/2 × 11 13/16 in. (41.91 × 30 cm) Frame: 22 × 17 1/2 × 7/8 in. (55.88 × 44.45 × 2.22 cm)
Credit Line: Art of the Middle East: CONTEMPORARY
Accession Number: M.2017.229.2
Classification: Prints
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Curatorial Notes: Afsoon’s series, "Persian Expressions," is inspired by the allegorical and often humorous messages behind popular Persian proverbs. The artist illustrates these amusing sayings according to her own spontaneous, subjective, and comical imagination. Electricity or Oil is based on a popular expression that loosely translates to "just my luck." The work depicts an attractive young woman who complains of her rotten luck of being surrounded by men whom she does not find very appealing. Born in Iran in 1961 but now based in London, Afsoon has shown her work in multiple solo and group exhibitions around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Morocco, Dubai, and Jeddah. As a writer, she has also published a novel and a number of short stories.