Londoners taking a glance at Iranian contemporary art
Tehran Times Art Desk

TEHRAN -- London’s Steps Gallery is currently playing host to an exhibition, during which it intends to highlight Iranian contemporary art.

Works by Iranian artists Babak Roshaninejad, Reza Azimian, and Adel Yunesi have been showcased at the exhibit entitled “Point of Departure: A New Beginning in Iranian Contemporary Art”, the gallery announced on its website.

Tehran’s Asar Gallery is collaborating with the Steps Gallery on holding the exhibition that is being curated by Satkeen Azizzadeh, a graduate of Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

“Exhibiting contemporary art from the Middle East and Persia, is one of the regional and thematic priorities of the Steps Gallery curatorial line and strategy,” the gallery’s senior curator and Collectors Club manager Sidonio Costa said.

“The current exhibition is a first step in a prolonged and engaged effort to exhibit as much relevant fine contemporary art from the Middle East and Persia” he added.

“At the gallery we are interested in work that discusses or gives us an insight into life, social and cultural realities from those regions,” he stated.

He described the exhibit as a good start for the strategy of the gallery and added, “We believe that it will provide our gallery’s collectors, clients and friends a great insight into life, social and cultural reality in Iran.”

The show opened on October 16 and will continue until November 28.

Photo: A painting by Reza Azimian

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